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A  CHOICE  OF  MANUSCRIPTS 
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A  CHOICE  OF  MANUSCRIPTS 

AND  BOOKBINDINGS 

FROM 

THE  LIBRARY  OF 

ISABELLA  STEWART  GARDNER 

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MDCCCCXXII 


D.  B.  UPDIKE  -  THE  MERRYMOUNT  PRESS  •  BOSTON 


MANUSCRIPTS 


MANUSCRIPTS 
HAFIZ 

Paper,  6h  x  3 1^«,  ff.  129;  15  lines  to  a  page,  in  two 
columns;  cent.  xvi.  Each  leaf  is  inlaid  in  a  leaf 
loix  6h,  and  the  book  has  been  put  into  a  dull 
red  morocco  binding  with  a  Persian  design  painted 
in  gold. 

The  title  of  each  section  of  the  poem  is  written  on 
a  narrow  label,  the  title  itself  occupying  an  ogival 
(or  sometimes  rectangular)  medallion  in  the  cen- 
tre of  the  label,  the  ends  of  which  are  filled  with 
charming  ornaments  of  great  variety  in  gold  and 
colours,  generally  on  a  blue  ground. 

There  are  five  picturei: 

No.  I.  The  poet  reading  to  a  prince.  They  are  in  a  garden,  the 
prince  seated  on  a  rock  at  the  left,  beside  a  brook;  he  wears  a 
green  tunic  and  a  slate-coloured  coat.  The  poet  stands  at  the 
right;  he  wears  a  vermilion  tunic  and  a  blue  coat.  In  the  back- 
ground are  a  cypress,  a  flowering  tree,  and  two  other  trees.  Gold 
mountain  and  blue  sky. 

No.  2.  A  young  man  and  a  woman  in  a  garden,  by  a  brook.  He 
is  seated  at  the  right,  and  offers  her  a  golden  cup  which  he  lias 
just  filled  from  a  golden  bottle;  he  wears  a  vermilion  tunic.  She 
stands  beside  a  tree,  holding  a  book;  her  dress  is  yellow,  her  coat 
slate-coloured.  The  tree  is  very  beautiful:  its  leaves  are  vermilion 
or  shades  of  green  and  yellow;  its  flowers  are  vermilion  or  gold 
or  white.  The  background  for  the  tree  is  bright  blue;  behind  is 
a  gold  mountain  and  a  little  light-blue  sky. 
No.  J.  A  young  man  and  a  young  woman  seated  on  a  couch  in 
a  garden,  a  servant  standing  at  the  left.  In  the  background,  two 
flowering  trees  and  a  gold  meadow.  The  young  man  wears  a 
vermilion  tunic  and  bright  blue  coat;  the  young  woman,  a  light 
blue  dress  and  olive-green  coat;  the  servant,  a  yellow  dress  and 
slate-coloured  coat.  » 

No.  4.  Two  young  men  seated  in  a  garden,  a  servant  in  the 

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Hafiz  (continued) 
right  foreground  offering  refreshment.  In  the  background  three 
flowering  trees  and  a  gold  meadow.  The  young  man  at  the  left 
wears  a  vermilion  coat  and  is  reading  from  a  blue  book;  his  belt 
is  ornamented  with  two  gold  rosettes.  The  other  young  man 
wears  a  yellow  coat  and  is  offering  his  friend  a  cup.  The  servant 
wears  a  green  coat. 

No.  J.  Two  men  on  a  dais  in  a  garden.  Six  other  people,  stand- 
ing about.  In  the  background,  two  flowering  trees,  a  gold  moun- 
tain with  a  cypress  on  the  summit,  and  a  little  blue  sky. 

BOOK  OF  DEVOTIONS  in  German 
Paper,  6i  x  4^,  ff.  1 20  +  2 ;  20-22  lines  to  a  page ; 
cent.  XV  (1445);  cursive  hand,  brown  and  red 
ink.  Binding:  flexible  parchment.  In  a  solander 
case,  the  back  and  sides  covered  with  black  leather, 
the  edges  covered  with  gilt  paper.  At  the  bot- 
tom of  the  fly-leaf, — "  Das  puchlein  gehort  in  das 
clost'  zu  sat  kather.  pdis  orde  in  nimw'g."  Below, 
in  pencil, — Nimwegen  (Nimeguen,  Netherlands). 
The  statement  of  ownership  is  repeated  on  the 
last  page.  Papers  with  the  MS.  give  the  following 
history, — it  was  purchased  of  Mr.  Rodd  by 
Sotheby  and  given  by  him  to  W.  Y.  Ottley ;  after 
his  death  his  son  gave  it  to  Sotheby's  son,  S.  Leigh 
Sotheby,  in  1838.  In  1878  it  was  bought  of  Mr. 
W.  G.  Medlicott  by  C.  E.  Norton,  and  in  1899 
it  was  purchased  of  him  by  I.  S.  G. 

Collation:  i  Jiy-leaf^  /'%  leaf  inserted^  2^'-l0".  The  cen- 
tre of  each  quire  is  reinforced  by  a  narrow  strip  of  vellum, 
f.  2  and  the  following  jf.  are  numbered  in  pencil  up  to  I  op; 
the  remaining  leaves  are  blank ^  except  for  the  statement  of 
ownership  on  the  last. 

The  table  of  contents,  in  a  later  hand  than  the  body  of  the 
book,  is  written  on  the  fly-leaf  as  follows: 


Book  of  Devotions  (continued) 

Im  dem  puchlein  stet  zu  erste  schone  gepet  vo  yetlich'st  fest 

uns§  liebe  kr'e. 

Darnach  ste  schone  gepet  vo  alle  hochzeitliche  tage  uns  liebe 

frawe. 

Damach  ste  schone  gepet  vo  d'heilige  Drivaltikeyt.  Uii  vo  de 

heilige  geist.  Ufi  v5  sat  michahel,  etc.  Uii  v5  alle  heilige.  Un 

vo  d'  kirchweih.  Uii  v5  alle  glaubige  sele.  Uii  vo  de  heilige 

sacmet.  Uii  vo  dem  tod. 

f.  2.  In  gotes  namen  Amen.  Die  vorred. 
A  translation  of  this  prologue  is  given  in  the  Catalogue  of  Books 
under  the  entry  Xylographie,  where  this  MS.  is  briefly  de- 
scribed. 

On  the  leaf  inserted  between  the  first  and  second  quires  are  two 
woodcuts,  {a)  The  Crucifixion,  (B)  Christ  in  the  lap  of  Mary. 
For  description,  see  Ottley,  W.  Y,,  An  Inquiry  concerning  the  In- 
vention of  Printing,  London,  1863,  p.  193. 

CANTERBURY  RITUAL 

Vellum  and  paper,  yi  x  5^,  fF.  no;  22  lines  to  a 
page;  cent,  xv  (1474);  written  at  Canterbury  in 
a  beautiful  clear  black  hand.  Binding:  old  brown 
leather,  with  bHnd  tooling.  It  has  the  book-plate 
of  Emma  CunlifFe. 

Collation :  /"  {2  cane),  2\  f%  4'%  j"  (<?  cane),  6'"  {lO 
cane),  f  (/  cane),  8",  g'°-l2'°  {7-10  cane),  if. 

The  first  8  quires  contain  chants  with  music  for  the  following: 
In  pees  ordinaria;  In  purifica  bte  male  ^g';  In  dnica  palma:j; 
In  die  sco  pasche  ad  aspersione  aq  biidce;  In  ascesione  dne; 
In  festo  corporis  X';  In  festo  visitols  [«V]  bte  marie  fg';  In  as- 
suptoe  beate  marie  ^;  In  dedicatideecclesie;  In  susceptione  epi 
vl'  legati;  In  susceptione  plurimojj  epo^  vel  legatorum. 

The  rest  of  the  book  consists  of  the  ritual  to  be  used  for  a 
dying  brother  and  a  special  office  for  the  dead.  It  begins  as  fol- 
lows :  "  Exhortatio  beati  Ancelmi  canthuariesis  episcopi  ad  fra- 
trem  moriturum."  The  last  five  pages  are  in  lighter  script  than 
the  rest.  There  are  a  formula  for  Confession,  "Agenda  unctio- 
nis "  with  proper  psalms  and  prayers, "  Agenda  morientis "  with 

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Canterbury  Ritual  (continued) 

psalms  and  prayers,  "Comedatio  iam  dcfuncti,"  and  "OfficiA 
sepulture  "  to  be  used  after  the  Mass  for  the  Dead. 
Rubricated.  Some  of  the  initials  are  blue. 
Attached  iof.  /o  a  is  a.  woodcut,  The  dead  Christ,  dated  1537, 
and  \si  f.^o  b  a  woodcut.  The  Crucifixion.  The  cross  is  set  in 
a  circular  sheepfold  with  a  wattled  fence;  there  are  nine  sheep 
in  the  fold  and  a  lamb  lies  across  the  shoulders  of  the  Christ. 
This  woodcut  has  been  crudely  coloured. 

MEMORIAE  FROM  a  Book  of  Hours 
Illuminated  by  Jehan  Bourdichon  for  Anne  de 
Bretagne.  Vellum,  4^x3,  fF.  46  +  6;  16  lines  to 
a  page;  cent,  xv;  written  in  a  fine  Gothic  hand. 
Binding:  dark  blue  velvet  with  metal  clasps, 
modern. 

The  collation  cannot  be  determined.  The  ff.  are  numbered 
from  I  to  ^5,  but  f.  ji  is  skipped. 

Contents 
Memoriae  of: 
/ 1.  The  Trinity. 
/  2.  St.  Michael, 
y;  J.  St.  John  Baptist. 
f.  4.  St.  Christopher. 
f.  6.  St.  Stephen. 
f.  8.  St.  Dionysius  of  Paris. 
f.Qb.  St.  Sebastian  and  St.  Adrian. 
f.  II  b.  St.  Blasius. 
f.  13.  St.  Nicholas. 
/ 14.  St.  Anthony. 
f.  I  J  b.  St.  Bernard. 
/  16  b.  St.  Louis. 
f.  18.  St.  Leonard  of  Limoges. 
f.  ip.  St.  Ildevert  and  St.  Mathurin  of  Montargis. 
/.  21.  St.  Maure. 
/  22.  St.  Peter  and  St.  Paul. 

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Memoriae  (continued) 

f.  23.  St.  Gervasio  and  St.  Protasio. 

f.  24.  b.  St.  Lupo  and  St.  Egidio. 

/  26.  St.  Roch. 

f.  27  b.  St.  Lazarus. 

f.  2g.  Holy  Sepulchre. 

/.job.  St.  Anne. 

/  J2.  St.  Mary  of  Egypt. 

f.S3-  St.  Mary  Magdalen. 

f.  34.  St.  Catherine  of  Alexandria. 

/  3S  b.  St.  Margaret. 

f.  36  b.  St.  Genevieve. 

/  J7  b.  St.  Barbara. 

f.3g.  St.  Ama. 

f.  40.  St.  Agnes. 

/  41  b.  St.  Agatha. 

f.  42  b.  St.  ApoUonia. 

/  44.  All  Souls. 

Decorations:  The  book  is  illuminated  in  the  most  exquisite  man- 
ner, by  an  artist  of  delightful  fancy  and  supreme  skill.  Nearly 
every  page  has  a  border  of  scrolls  with  vine  and  leaf  designs, 
flowers  and  fruit;  occasionally  birds  and  insects  are  introduced. 
When  a  leaf  has  a  border  on  both  obverse  and  reverse,  the  two 
sides  are  alike,  except  that  if  birds  occur  in  the  border  on  either 
side,  the  border  on  the  other  side  is  totally  different.  Most  of 
the  pictures  have  arched  tops,  and  with  the  border  occupy  all 
the  page  except  the  space  required  for  four  lines  of  text.  Three 
Memoriae  have  a  picture  of  the  saint  at  the  end  as  well  as  at  the 
beginning,  and  a  fourth  has  at  the  end  a  picture  of  a  lady  at  her 
devotions;  these  four  pictures  are  small  and  square.  Three  of  the 
pictures  (ff.  22,  23,  29)  are  different  in  style  from  the  others, 
larger  in  scale,  filling  the  whole  page  which  has  no  border;  each 
of  these  pictures  has  an  architectural  frame  as  if  it  were  an  altar- 
piece;  in  each  one  four  lines  of  text  are  inscribed  on  a  white 
scroll. 

Each  Memoria  has  two  initials  on  square  gold  grounds,  one  at  the 
beginning  and  a  smaller  one  for  the  prayer;  these  initials  are 
all  blue  and  white  except  the  two  for  the  Trinity  and  the  smaller 
one  for  St.  Apollonia,  which  are  crimson  and  white;  the  space 

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Memoriae  (continued) 
within  the  initial  is  occupied  either  by  a  vine  and  leaf  design, 
or  a  fanciful  geometric  figure  in  colours  on  the  gold  ground. 
There  are  besides  throughout  the  book  smaller  gold  letters  with 
very  fine  ink  flourishes  and  similar  letters  in  blue  with  red 
flourishes.  There  are  no  corresponding  red  letters;  the  book  is 
exceptional  because  of  the  extensive  use  of  blue. 

The  pictures  are  as  follows. • 

f.  I.  The  Trinity.  The  Father  on  a  throne  under  a  blue  and 
gold  canopy;  He  wears  a  crown,  and  a  crimson  mantle  over  a 
blue  tunic;  He  supports  a  T-cross  on  which  is  the  crucified  Son, 
over  whose  head  is  the  emblem  of  the  Holy  Spirit;  the  throne 
stands  on  a  low  wooden  platform,  and  the  pavement  is  purple 
and  yellow  tiles;  blue  clouds  in  the  lower  corners.  Four  birds 
and  a  butterfly  in  the  border. 

f.  2.  St.  Michael  in  gold  armour,  purple  mantle,  and  crimson 
wings  stands  on  the  dragon  and  drives  his  lance  down  his  throat; 
he  holds  scales  in  his  left  hand;  at  the  right  stands  an  angel  in 
white  with  orange  wings,  holding  a  crimson  ribbon  on  which 
are  the  words  "memento  finis." 

yi  J.St.  John  Baptist  preaching  in  thewildemess;hewearsablue 
mantle  over  a  camel's-hair  tunic,  and  carries  a  book  on  which 
lies  a  nimbed  lamb;  three  listeners  are  seated  in  the  lower  right 
comer,  one  in  yellow  with  a  green  bonnet,  one  in  blue  with 
a  white  bonnet;  only  the  head  of  the  third  is  visible  in  a  blue 
bonnet;  at  the  left,  a  dog;  between  the  men  and  the  dog  a  min- 
iature tree;  in  the  background,  little  mountains  and  a  distant 
city.  Five  birds  and  a  butterfly  in  the  border. 
f.  4.  St.  Christopher  fording  a  river  with  the  Child  on  his 
shoulder;  St.  Christopher  wears  a  gold  shirt  and  crimson  man- 
tle; the  Child's  tunic  is  purple  and  gold  and  He  carries  the  orb. 
f.  6.  St.  Stephen.  He  kneels  toward  the  left,  with  hands  clasped 
and  his  head  turned  so  that  he  looks  over  his  left  shoulder  at 
the  man  behind  him  on  the  right;  this  man  wears  a  white 
tunic,  girt  up  showing  an  orange  shirt,  and  black  buskins  leaving 
his  knees  bare;  he  holds  a  stone  in  his  upraised  left  hand;  di- 
rectly behind  the  saint  is  a  man  in  green  holding  a  stone  over 
his  head  with  both  hands;  at  the  left,  an  officer  in  a  long  blue 
tunic  with  a  black  belt  and  a  hat  edged  with  ermine;  he  holds 
a  scimitar  in  his  right  hand  and  a  gold  wand  in  his  left;  in  the 
foreground  at  the  left,  a  man  in  orange  is  picking  up  a  stone; 

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Memoriae  (coni^inued) 
in  the  background,  mountains  and  a  city.  A  marvellous  little 
picture.  Five  birds  in  the  border. 

f.  8.  St.  Dionysius.  Christ  giving  the  blessed  sacrament  to  the 
saint,  who  appears  at  his  prison  window;  both  figures  in  blue, 
the  saint  with  a  mitre;  behind  the  Christ,  two  angels,  one  in 
orange  with  blue  wings,  the  other  in  white  with  crimson  wings. 
In  the  border,  a  dragon-fly  and  five  birds,  one  of  them  catching 
a  fly. 

f.gb.  St.  Sebastian  bound  to  a  tree  in  a  courtyard  enclosed  by 
a  high  wall,  eight  arrows  sticking  into  him;  a  bearded  man  at 
the  left  is  drawing  his  bow;  he  wears  blue  hose,  a  gold  jerkin 
open  in  front  showing  a  crimson  shirt,  and  a  crimson  hat;  at 
the  right,  St.  Adrian  of  Nicomedia  standing  on  a  lion;  he  is  in 
armour  with  a  crimson  mantle  and  blue  hat,  and  carries  a  sword 
upright  and  an  anvil  with  a  hammer  on  it. 

Both  sides  of  each  of  the  next  eight  leaves  have  borders  alike. 

f.  II  b.  St.  Blasius,  pinioned  to  a  saltire  cross  set  against  a  purple 
column  in  a  hall  floored  with  green  tiles;  at  the  right,  a  man 
in  a  red  hat,  dull  blue  tunic,  and  orange  buskins,  tearing  the 
saint's  flesh  with  an  iron  rake;  at  the  left,  a  man  in  an  orange 
hat,  sleeveless  green  tunic  over  a  white  shirt,  and  black  buskins; 
apparently  he  holds  an  iron  rake,  but  only  a  little  of  the  handle 
is  in  the  picture. 

f.  12b.  St.  Blasius  in  a  church  with  green  and  white  pavement; 
he  wears  a  mitre,  blue  and  gold  chasuble,  and  green  dalmatic,  and 
carries  an  open  book;  behind  him  a  crimson  and  gold  hanging. 

f.  I  J.  St.  Nicholas  in  a  church  with  a  green  pavement;  he  wears 
the  alb,  a  red  cope,  mitre,  and  white  gloves,  and  carries  a  crozier ; 
at  the  left,  three  naked  boys  in  a  tub,  one  of  them  stepping  out; 
in  the  background,  a  blue  and  gold  hanging. 

f.  14.  St.  Anthony  standing  in  a  fire  before  the  door  of  his  cell; 
he  wears  a  purple  habit  and  carries  a  crutch-stick;  before  him 
stands  a  woman  (a  demon  in  disguise),  wearing  a  white  turban 
and  a  crimson  gown;  between  them,  in  the  background,  a  pig; 
farther  away  is  a  white  tower,  and  in  the  distance  are  a  rocky 
cliff  and  a  green  hill. 

f.  13.  St.  Anthony  kneeling  on  the  ground  while  two  devils  beat 
him  with  flails;  he  wears  a  purplish  gray  habit;  in  the  back- 
ground, the  doorway  of  his  cell. 

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Memoriae  (continued) 
f.l^b.  St.  Bernard  in  a  landscape;  he  wears  the  Cistercian 
habit  and  carries  a  spade  and  an  open  book;  on  the  dbtant  hill, 
a  monastery. 

f.  l6  b.  St.  Louis  crowned,  on  a  throne,  under  a  canopy  of  blue 
seme  with  gold  fleurs-de-lys;  this  same  stuff  covers  the  throne 
and  makes  a  carpet  before  it;  the  saint  wears  a  blue  mantle  lined 
with  white  and  a  blue  and  gold  tunic;  he  holds  a  crimson  sceptre 
and  a  closed  book ;  at  his  feet,  a  lion ;  on  either  side,  two  men,  the 
one  in  the  right  foreground  a  youth  on  whom  the  attention  of  all 
is  fixed;  the  floor  is  paved  with  tiles  in  two  shades  of  green;  in 
the  background,  a  crimson  and  gold  hanging;  just  above  it,  on 
brackets,  two  litde  gold  statuettes. 

f.  I J  b.  St.  Louis  in  prison  in  Egypt.  He  stands  at  the  window, 
wearing  a  blue  tunic  with  gold  fleurs-de-lys,  and  black  under- 
sleeves;  the  gaoler  is  walking  off  to  the  right,  looking  over  his 
shoulder  at  his  prisoner;  he  wears  a  short  blue  and  gold  tunic 
over  a  crimson  shirt,  and  yellow  buskins;  he  carries  on  his 
shoulder  a  club,  from  the  end  of  which  hangs  a  key;  in  the  back- 
ground, a  high  wall. 

f.  i8.  St.  Leonard  of  Limoges,  standing  between  two  kneeling 
prisoners,  who  are  bound  with  a  cord;  he  holds  this  cord  with 
his  left  hand  and  a  palm  branch  in  his  right;  he  wears  the  alb 
and  gold  dalmatic;  the  prisoners  wear  short  ragged  shirts  of 
black  and  gold;  the  floor  is  paved  with  red,  green,  and  yellow 
marble;  in  the  background,  a  blue  and  gold  hanging.  Six  birds 
in  the  border. 

f.  jg.  St.  Hildebert  and  St.  Mathurin,  with  worshippers,  who 
are  supposed  to  represent  Anne  de  Bretagne  and  the  king.  Both 
saints  are  blessing,  wear  mitres,  and  carry  croziers;  St.  Mathurin 
at  the  right  wears  a  blue  and  gold  chasuble  and  green  and  gold 
dalmatic;  St.  Hildebert  wears  a  gold  cope  and  dull  purple  and 
gold  dalmatic  ;  Anne,  who  kneels  at  the  right,  wears  a  black  cap 
and  a  gold  gown  with  white  cuffs  and  a  black  band  around  the 
square  neck;  the  king,  kneeling  at  the  left,  wears  a  dull  purple 
and  gold  gown;  behind  the  group  is  a  crimson  hanging  spotted 
with  gold;  pavement  of  red,  green,  and  yellow  marble.  Six  birds 
in  the  border. 

f.  21.  St.  Maure,  in  a  Benedictine  habit,  carrying  a  crozier  and 
open  book;  crimson  and  gold  hanging  behind  him;  pavement 
of  red,  green,  and  yellow  marble.  Six  birds  in  the  border. 

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Memoriae  (continued) 
f.  22.  St.  Peter  and  St.  Paul,  with  worshipper,  probably  Anne 
de  Bretagne  again.  St.  Peter  stands  at  the  left  holding  a  key 
and  an  open  book;  he  wears  a  crimson  mantle  over  a  purple 
tunic;  St.  Paul,  in  the  centre,  holds  a  sword  and  the  edges  of 
his  mande  with  his  left  hand,  and  points  to  the  worshipper  with 
his  right;  he  wears  a  purple  mantle  and  blue  tunic;  at  the  right, 
a  lady  kneels  at  aprie-dieu,  on  which  is  an  open  book;  she  wears 
a  black  headdress  and  a  crimson  gown  with  wide  white  cufis 
and  a  black  band  around  the  square  neck. 

f.  2J.  St.  Gcrvasio  and  St.  Protasio.  The  twin  saints  stand, 
turned  toward  each  other;  both  are  tonsured  and  carry  palms; 
St.  Protasio  at  the  left  wears  a  crimson  dalmatic  and  holds  a 
closed  green  book;  St.  Gervasio  wears  a  blue  and  gold  dalmatic 
of  beautiful  pattern  and  holds  an  open  book  bound  in  purple ; 
behind  them  is  a  blue  hanging  with  a  design  in  gold;  pavement 
of  red,  yellow,  and  green  marble. 

f.  24  b.  St.  Egidio  and  St.  Lupo.  St.  Egidio,  at  the  left,  mitred, 
wearing  a  light  blue  cope,  dull  purple  dalmatic,  and  white 
gloves,  holds  a  processional  cross  and  blesses;  St.  Lupo,  in  a 
black  habit,  raised  by  his  left  hand  showing  a  blue  tunic;  with 
his  right  hand,  which  is  pierced  by  an  arrow,  he  pats  a  wolf 
that  jumps  on  him;  behind  them  a  red  hanging  spotted  with 
gold. 

f.  23  b.  Small  square  picture  of  a  lady  at  her  devotions;  she 
kneels  at  n/>rie-</ieu  with  a  light  green  covering  on  which  is  an 
open  book;  she  wears  a  black  headdress  with  a  red  facing,  and 
a  crimson  gown  with  black  cufis  and  a  black  band  around  the 
square  neck;  a  white  ribbon  hangs  from  her  waist;  on  the  wall 
behind  her  are  statuettes  of  saints  on  brackets  under  canopies. 

y.  26.  St.  Roch.  He  wears  a  brown  hat,  tunic,  and  wallet,  a 
purple  cloak  and  red  buskins,  and  carries  a  long  gold  staff;  he 
raises  his  tunic  to  show  his  wound  to  an  angel  at  the  left  dressed 
in  gold  with  blue  wings;  at  the  right,  a  white  dog  with  a  red 
collar  holds  a  loaf  of  bread  in  his  mouth;  a  red  and  gold  hang- 
ing behind  them;  pavement  of  light-brown  and  pinkish  marble. 

/.  27  b.  St.  Lazarus.  Christ,  in  purple,  calling  Lazarus,  who  rises 
from  a  narrow  coffin,  assisted  by  Peter;  the  other  apostles  crowd 
behind  Christ;  Martha  kneels  at  the  head  of  the  coffin,  with 
upraised  hands;  Mary  kneels  in  the  foreground  at  the  right, 
dressed  in  blue  with  a  crimsoa  mantle. 

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Memoriae  (continued) 

f.  2g.  Entombment.  Nicodemus  and  Joseph  lay  the  body  in  the 
4  tomb;  behind,  from  left  to  right,  a  holy  woman,  St.  John,  the 
Virgin,  Mary  Magdalen,  a  holy  woman. 

f.job.  St.  Anne  seated  under  a  canopy  of  green  brocade,  with 
a  carpet  of  the  same;  she  wears  a  white  veil,  blue  gown,  and 
crimson  mantle,  and  holds  an  open  book;  the  little  Virgin  in 
blue  also  holds  a  book;  behind  them  a  blue  and  gold  hanging; 
pavement  of  green  tiles. 

f.32.  St.  Mary  of  Egypt.  She  stands  at  the  left  clothed  in  her 
hair;  at  the  right,  the  hermit  Zosimus,  in  a  golden-brown  habit, 
with  a  folded  purple  cloak  on  his  arm,  stands  before  the  door 
of  his  cell;  a  high  fence  in  the  background.  Five  birds  and  a 
butterfly  in  the  border. 

f.JJ  b.  St.  Mary  Magdalen  holding  a  box  of  ointment;  she  wears 
a  blue  gown  and  crimson  mantle;  charming  landscape  back- 
ground. Five  birds  and  a  fly  in  the  border. 

f.34.  St.  Catherine  of  Alexandria.  She  wears  a  blue  gown  and  a 
red  mantle  lined  with  ermine;  her  crown  is  merged  in  her 
nimbus;  she  holds  a  sword  and  palm  in  her  left  hand,  and  an 
open  book  in  her  right;  behind  her  a  blue  and  gold  hanging; 
at  the  left,  an  altar  (?)  with  a  red  hanging  above  it;  pavement 
of  green  tiles;  on  it,  at  the  left,  part  of  a  wheel. 

f.35.  St.  Catherine  preaching  the  gospel ;  she  stands  at  the  right, 
her  left  hand  resting  on  a  lectern  on  which  is  an  open  book; 
she  is  crowned  and  wears  a  blue  gown  and  red  mantle  lined 
with  ermine,  and  carries  a  palm ;  at  the  left  stand  two  men ;  one 
in  crimson  with  a  black  cap,  the  other  in  blue  with  a  red  cap; 
a  blue  and  gold  hanging  in  the  background;  pavement  of  green 
tiles. 

f. 35 b.  St.  Margaret  standing  on  a  dragon;  she  wears  a  blue 
gown  and  red  mantle  and  holds  a  small  cross  in  her  hands;  the 
dragon  has  a  red  cloth  in  his  mouth ;  beautiful  landscape  back- 
ground. 

f.36b.  St.  Genevieve  standing  in  a  green  field;  she  wears  a 
blue  gown,  red  mantle,  and  white  veil,  and  carries  a  book  bound 
in  black  and  a  tall  candle,  which  a  devil  above  her  head  extin- 
guishes with  a  bellows,  while  an  angel  in  white  at  the  right  re- 
lights it. 


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Memoriae  (continued) 

f.37h.  St.  Barbara.  She  wears  a  dull  blue  gown  and  a  crimson 
mantle  lined  with  orange,  and  holds  a  gold  tower  in  her  right 
hand,  and  a  book  bound  in  black  in  her  left  hand;  landscape 
background  with  a  building  and  tower  at  the  left. 

f'3P-  St.  Ama,  one  of  the  wise  virgins.  A  saint  in  a  purple  tunic 
and  blue  mantle,  attended  by  an  angel  in  yellow  with  green 
wings,  carrying  two  cruets,  administers  communion  to  a  saint 
in  crimson,  who  appears  at  a  prison  window.  Five  birds  and 
a  dragon-fly  in  the  border. 

The  Memoria  begins  as  follows:  **Ista  est  uirgo  sapiens  quam 
dominus  uigilantem  inuenit  que  accepta  lampade  sumpsit  oleum 
secum  et  veniente  domino  entrauit  cum  eo  ad  nupcio.'* 
f.  40.  St.  Agnes.  She  wears  a  purple  gown  and  crimson  mantle, 
and  carries  an  open  book  and  a  palm  branch;  a  lamb  jumps  up 
on  her  ;  pavement  of  coloured  marbles ;  blue  and  gold  hanging 
in  the  background.  Five  birds  in  the  border. 

f.  41  b.  St.  Agatha,  bound  to  a  column,  with  a  white  cloth  about 
her  hips;  a  man  at  the  right  is  cutting  her  breast  with  pincers; 
he  wears  a  large  cap,  short  blue  tunic,  and  crimson  hose;  pave- 
ment of  coloured  marbles.  Six  birds  in  the  border. 

f.42  b.  St.  Lawrence  and  St.  Apollonia.  St.  Lawrence  at  the  left, 
in  purple  dalmatic,  white  tunicle,  and  long  blue  tunic;  he  car- 
ries a  palm  in  his  right  hand,  a  book  under  his  right  arm,  and 
holds  a  gridiron  with  his  left  hand.  St.  Apollonia  wears  a  golden- 
brown  gown  and  crimson  man  de;  she  holds  a  tooth  in  pincers  and 
an  open  book ;  behind  them  a  blue  hanging  with  gold  spots ;  pave- 
ment  of  pink  and  green  tiles. 

HORAE 

Vellum,  6i  X  48,  ff.  162  -f- 12 ;  14  lines  to  a  page; 
cent.  XV ;  written  in  France  in  a  good  Gothic  hand. 
Binding:  old  red  morocco  with  gold  tooling  on 
the  back.  Bookplate  with  Italian  coat  of  arms. 

Collation :  The  hook  is  bound  so  tightly  that  it  does  not  admit 
of  collation.  The  quires  are  irregular;  the  full-page  pictures 
are  done  on  half-sheets  and  inserted. 


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HORAE  (continued) 

Contents  : 

f.  J.  Kalendar,  \n  red  and  black. 

f.  14.  Pater  noster. 

/.  14  b.  Ave  Maria.  Credo. 

f.  l^b.  Benedicite  dominus  nos.  Ave  salus  mundi. 

f.l6.  ConfitcoT,  followed  by  other  prayers. 

f.  18.  Blank. 

f.  /p.  Blank. 

f.  21.  Les  heures  de  la  croix. 

f.  28.  Les  heures  du  saint  esperiL 

f.35.  Les  heures  de  nostre  dame. 

f.  85.  Les  sept  psalmes  dauid. 

f.  p6  b.  Litany. 

f.  102.  Hyme  du  saint  esperit. 

/.  JOJ  b.  Salue  regina. 

f.  104  b.  Les  viij.  vers  salt  bernard. 

f.  J06.  Les  .vij  oroisos  S.  gregoire. 

/.  107.  Memoriae. 

f.  Jl^.  Office  of  the  dead. 

In  the  Kalendar: 
Jan.  22.  S'.  vinchent. 
Feb.     6.  S'.  am  ant. 

20.  S'.  eleutere. 
Apr.  14.  S'.  tybur. 
May  13.  S'.  seruais. 
June    8.  S'.  medard. 
July  13.  Le  diuision  des  apt'es. 

18.  S'.  ernoul. 
Aug.  24.  S'.  bettremieu. 
Sept.  23.  S'.  fremin. 
Oct.     2.  S'.  legier. 

Decorations:  There  are  six  full-page  pictures  inserted  as  frontis- 
pieces. These  pictures  have  borders  of  scrolls,  vine  and  leaf  orna- 
ment, and  flowers,  the  ground  covered  with  round  spots  of  gold 
and  fish-hooks  in  black.  Each  picture  faces  a  page  with  a  similar 

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HORAE  (continued) 
border  and  an  initial  of  blue  and  crimson  on  a  gold  ground; 
seven  other  pages  are  similarly  decorated.  There  are  in  the  text 
ten  small  pictures,  z^x  if  inches,  each  framed  by  a  narrow 
gold  band.  Throughout  the  book  are  numerous  small  initials 
of  various  sizes  in  gold  on  grounds  of  crimson  and  blue  with 
simple  white  flourishes.  The  crimson  in  the  borders  and  in  the 
initials  has  often  faded  to  a  dull  brown,  but  the  colours  of  the 
pictures  retain  all  their  brilliancy. 

The  full-page  pictures  are: 

f.  I J  b.  Christ  praying  on  a  hill  by  a  lake.  Christ,  kneeling,  gazes 
up  at  a  vision  of  God  the  Father,  blessing;  Christ  wears  a  dull 
purple  tunic,  and  an  open  book  lies  near  Him;  God  the  Father 
wears  a  light  blue  tunic,  crimson  mantle,  and  crown,  and  holds 
the  orb. 

f.  20  b.  Crucifixion.  Virgin  standing  on  the  left,  wearing  purple 
dress,  blue  mantle,  and  white  veil;  St.  John  on  the  right,  in 
purple  tunic  and  crimson  mantle. 

f.  2J  b.  Descent  of  the  Holy  Spirit.  St.  Peter  and  another  man 
kneeling  in  a  courtyard;  at  a  window,  the  Virgin  surrounded 
by  apostles;  another  apostle  coming  through  the  door,  with 
others  behind  him,  or  looking  out  of  a  second  window;  dove  de- 
scending on  gold  rays.  St.  Peter  wears  a  red  tunic  and  light  blue 
mantle;  on  the  ground  beside  him  is  an  open  book;  the  man 
with  him  wears  a  brown  gown  with  flowing  sleeves  showing 
green  undersleeves,  and  a  blue  hood;  the  other  apostles  are  in 
red  or  green;  the  Virgin  is  in  blue  with  a  white  veil. 

/.34  b.  The  Annunciation.  The  Virgin  is  seated  on  a  tiled  floor 
under  a  dull  red  canopy  with  a  green  fringe  at  the  bottom  and 
a  blue  border  at  the  top;  she  wears  a  deep  blue  dress  and  light 
blue  mantle,  and  has  an  open  book  on  her  knees.  Gabriel  stands 
just  inside  an  archway  at  the  left;  he  wears  a  crimson  garment 
over  a  white  tunic  and  carries  a  gold  sceptre,  his  wings  are  green 
and  blue;  over  his  head  the  dove  surrounded  by  gold  rays;  be- 
yond the  archway,  green  grass,  a  brick  wall,  and  the  blue  sky. 

/.  4S  ^'  T'lie  Visitation.  The  Virgin  stands  at  the  left,  dressed 
in  a  dull  purple  govra  and  blue  mantle;  St.  Elizabeth  kneels 
before  her,  dressed  in  a  red  gown,  showing  green  undersleeves, 
and  a  white  veil ;  St.  Joseph  in  the  background,  in  a  yellow  tunic, 
brown  mantle  with  blue  collar,  and  dark  gray  hat;  he  carries  a 
long  pole  over  his  shoulder;  in  the  distance,  trees  and  a  castle. 

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HORAE  (continued) 
f.  114  b.  Death.  A  naked  woman  lies  on  a  black  carpet  spread 
on  the  grass  near  a  church  porch;  Death,  with  a  white  cloth 
thrown  over  his  shoulder,  and  carrying  a  coffin,  stands  on  her 
and  thrusts  a  long  red  spear  into  her;  a  group  of  people  in  the 
porch  watching. 

The  small  pictures  are : 

f.  102.  The  Holy  Spirit,  a  bearded  man  with  wings.  He  stands 
on  a  green  mound,  wears  a  dull  purple  tunic,  and  holds  an  open 
book;  light  brown  background  with  gold  rays. 

f.  lOJ  b.  Madonna  and  Child  in  glory,  surrounded  by  blue 
clouds.  She  stands  on  a  blue  crescent  and  wears  a  blue  mantle 
over  a  dull  purple  dress. 

f.  104  b.  St.  Bernard  in  a  monk's  habit,  carrying  a  crozier  and 
an  open  book;  behind  him  a  red  curtain  hanging  in  front  of  a 
low  stone  wall. 

f.  106.  St.  Gregory  standing  on  a  green  mound,  against  a  dull 
purple  background  ornamented  with  blue  flourishes;  he  wears 
the  papal  tiara,  alb,  and  crimson  chasuble,  and  carries  a  double 
cross;  a  dove  perched  on  his  shoulder. 

/.  loy  b.  St.  Nicholas,  with  the  same  background  as  St.  Greg- 
ory. He  wears  a  mitre,  alb,  and  crimson  chasuble,  and  carries  a 
crozier  and  an  open  book. 

f.  108  b.  St.  Sebastian,  bound  to  a  tree,  with  six  huge  arrows 
sticking  into  him;  his  crimson  tunic  lies  on  the  green  grass  be- 
hind the  tree. 

f.  lOg.  St.  Anthony,  in  a  drab  habit,  with  crutch-stick  and  open 
book,  a  pig  with  a  bell  walking  beside  him;  behind  him,  a  red 
curtain  with  a  blue  fringe  hanging  in  front  of  a  low  stone  wall. 

f.  no.  St.  Anne,  seated  on  a  square  dais,  wearing  a  white  veil 
and  a  crimson  mantle  over  a  drab  dress;  the  little  Virgin  in  blue 
stands  at  her  knee  reading  from  a  book. 

f,  110  b.  St.  Catherine  of  Alexandria,  standing  on  Maxentius; 
she  wears  a  costume  of  crimson  and  blue  trimmed  with  ermine 
and  holds  a  sword  and  an  open  book;  behind  her  at  the  right, 
a  wheel;  Maxentius  wears  a  drab  tunic  with  yellow  collar  and 
a  large  blue  cap  edged  with  ermine,  and  holds  a  gold  sceptre; 
in  the  background,  the  wall  of  a  stone  building,  with  part  of 
two  diamond-paned  windows  showing. 

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HORAE  (continued) 
f.  Ill  b.  St.  Barbara  kneeling  on  the  grass,  holding  a  palm  and 
an  open  book;  she  wears  a  crimson  gown;  in  the  background, 
a  tower  at  the  end  of  a  stone  wall. 

f.  112.  St.  Margaret  kneeling  at  a  barred  prison  window,  through 
which  come  gold  rays;  she  wears  a  crimson  gown  with  flowing 
blue  sleeves;  between  her  hands  a  small  gold  cross;  an  open  book 
leans  against  the  wall  beside  her;  in  the  background,  a  curious 
light  green  dragon. 

LEAVES  FROM  A  MISSAL  of  Clement  VII 
Vellum,  178  X  128,  fF.  5;  29-31  lines  to  a  page; 
cent.  XVI ;  written  in  a  marvellously  exact  large 
Roman  hand.  Blue  morocco  binding  by  De  Cov- 
erly.  The  leaves  have  been  mounted  on  stiff  cards, 
bound  in  with  hinges. 

The  text  begins  on  f.  i,  "Canon  inclinatus  iunc- 
tis  manibus : — Te  igitur  clementissime  pater,"  and 
ends  on  f.  5,  "Placeat  tibi  sea  trinitas  obsequz  ser- 
vitut3  mee  .  .  ."  The  black  ink  has  turned  a  dull 
brown  in  most  places ;  the  rubrics  are  in  red ;  the 
following  words  on  f.  2  are  in  blue  capitals : "  Hoc 
est  enim  corpvs  mevm,"  and  "Hie  est  enim  calix 
sangvinis  mei  novi  et  eterni  testameti,  misteriv 
fidei :  qvi  pro  vobis  et  pro  mvltis  effvndetvr  in  re- 
missionem  peccatorvm." 

Decorations: 

f.  I.  In  the  left  margin  there  is  an  exquisite  border  of  arabesques 
with  three  birds  and  half-figures  of  a  winged  youth  and  a 
winged  old  man  with  a  beard,  both  of  these  figures  ending  in 
foliated  scrolls;  near  the  top  of  the  border  is  a  gold  ring  set 
with  a  pyramidal  diamond,  &  within  the  ring  are  various  reli- 
gious emblems;  near  the  middle  of  the  border  are  the  arms  of 
Clement  VII  on  a  crimson  ground.  The  red  and  blue  initial 
C  of  Canon  is  small,  on  a  gold  ground  with  a  strawberry  flower 
and  fruit;  a  similar  N  on  this  leaf  is  decorated  with  a  jasmine 
flower.  The  T  of  Te  is  the  most  elaborate  letter  in  this  frag- 

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Leaves  from  a  Missal  (continued) 

ment;  it  is  red,  blue,  and  green,  with  two  pearls  in  the  top 
and  a  square  diamond  in  a  gold  setting  in  the  middle  of  the 
stem;  the  letter  is  enclosed  in  a  square  with  gold  scallops  on 
the  inside  of  the  edge,  the  rest  of  the  space  occupied  by  a  pic- 
ture of  the  Pope  celebrating  Mass.  An  initial  M  of  red,  blue, 
and  green  on  a  gold  ground  decorated  with  flowers  and  a  straw- 
berry has  suspended  from  a  line  connecting  the  angles  of  the 
letter  a  dark  red  gem  set  with  pearls  and  engraved  with  a  pic- 
ture of  the  Expulsion  from  the  Garden  of  Eden.  A  similar  ini- 
tial C  on  a  gold  ground  decorated  with  a  variety  of  flowers  has 
a  gay  parrot  in  the  centre  standing  on  the  stem  of  a  rose  and 
also  biting  the  stem. 

On  the  following  pages  there  are  twenty-two  other  similar  ini- 
tials in  red  and  blue  on  square  gold  grounds,  decorated  with 
sprays  of  flowers  and  pearls;  four  have  other  jewels  set  in  gold, 
three  have  strawberries,  and  one  has  a  large  lady-bug.  All  these 
letters  occur  at  the  left  edge  of  the  text.  There  are  besides  nu- 
merous small  gold  capitals  and  crosses  on  small  squares  of  red  or 
blue  covered  with  delicate  flourishes. 

HORAE 

Vellum,  6A  X  44,  fF.  131  4-4;  25  lines  to  a  page; 
cent,  xvi-xvii;  written  in  France  in  a  wonder- 
fully fine  Gothic  hand.  Binding:  plain  black  mo- 
rocco with  silver  clasps  (one  broken).  On  the  first 
fly-leaf,  Catherine  Englefield  from  her  beloved  hus- 
band Henry  Englefield;  on  f.  I,  Pitts  sale.  Purchased 
in  Venice. 

Collation :  The  book  is  too  tight iy  bound  to  admit  of  collation, 
f.  2  is  numbered  l^f  j  is  numbered .?,  and  succeeding  pages 
are  numbered  up  to  2^^^  the  odd  numbers  on  the  left  hand 
page.  This  pagination  will  be  followed  in  the  description. 

Contents  : 

p.  I.  Title  J  in  gold:  Officium  B*  Mf  Uirginis  una  cumUigilii 
mortuorum.  Accedunt  horae  de  S?  Cruce,  et  de  Spiritu  Sancto, 
et  aliQ  deuotQ  preces  Orationes  et  Euangelia  de  Natiuitate,  et 
Passione  Christi  Domini. 

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HORAE  (continued) 
/.      2.  Kalendar,  in  redy  blue,  and  gold. 
p.    14.  Sequences  of  the  Gospels. 
p.    21.  Passion  according  to  John. 
p.   J 4.  Hours  of  the  Virgin, 
p.  11^.  Hours  of  the  Cross, 
p.  J 21.  Hours  of  the  Holy  Ghost. 
p.  126.  Seven  penitential  psalms  and  Litany, 
p.  1^0.  Office  of  the  dead. 
p.  202.  Memoriae. 

p.  213.  Versiculi  beati  gregorii  pape. 
p.  21^.  Versiculi  beati  bernardi. 
p.  2iy.  Conditor  celi. 
p.  221.  Memoria  of  St.  Augustine, 
p.  222.  Missa  B.  M.  V. 
/.  228.  Obsecro  te. 
p.  232.  O  Intemerata. 
/.  236.  Stabat  mater. 
/.  23g.  Gaude  flore  virginali. 
p.  242.  Missus  est  gabriel. 

/.  24g.  O  illustrissima  &  excellentissima  gloriosissima  semper 

uirgo  maria. 

/.  2^2.  Memoriae  ofSS.  Christopher  and  Margaret  in  another  hand. 

Decorations :  Throughout  the  book  there  are  small  gold  initials  of 
diiFerent  sizes,  each  on  a  square  ground  of  red  and  blue  cov- 
ered with  most  delicate  flourishes  in  gold.  There  are  fourteen 
full-page  pictures  (eight  of  them  in  the  Hours  of  the  Virgin) 
and  twenty-two  smaller  ones  in  the  text  (twelve  of  them  in  the 
Memoriae^.  These  are  all  by  the  same  hand,  and  are  executed 
with  consummate  skill.  Each  full-page  picture  is  in  the  form  of 
a  gold  renaissance  altar,  with  a  frontal  of  coloured  panels  cov- 
ered with  delicate  patterns  in  gold,  and  coloured  columns  sup- 
porting the  top  of  the  retable.  In  a  small  white  tablet,  or  pla- 
card, on  the  front  of  the  altar  are  a  few  words  of  text  with  an 
initial  in  gold  on  a  red  and  blue  ground  covered  with  a  fine 
design  in  gold. 


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HORAE  (continued) 

These  pictures  are  as  follows: 

p.  14.  St.  John  on  Patmos.  St.  John,  represented  as  a  young  man, 

in  a  crimson  tunic  and  purple  mantle,  both  bordered  with  a 

pattern  in  gold,  is  seated  with  an  open  book  in  his  lap;  he  holds 

a  pen  in  his  upraised  right  hand  and  gazes  up  at  rays  from 

heaven  ;  in  the  background,  the  sea,  with  rocky  islands  and  small 

boats. 

/.  22.  Betrayal  of  Our  Lord.  Judas  kissing  Jesus,  who  is  restor- 
ing the  ear  cut  off  by  Peter;  Peter  sheathing  his  sword;  a  crowd 
of  soldiers  in  armour. 

p.  34.  The  Annunciation.  Mary  at  the  left  in  a  purple  dress, 
blue  mantle  covering  her  head,  and  white  veil  (in  all  the  pic- 
tures she  wears  the  same  costume);  the  angel  in  white  with 
green  wings;  dove  descending  on  gold  rays. 

/.  46.  {Ad  Laudes.)  The  Visitation.  The  Virgin  at  the  left,  St. 
Elizabeth  kneeling  before  her;  she  wears  a  golden-brown  dress 
and  an  elaborate  white  headdress. 

/.  j'p.  {Jd  Primam.)  Nativity.  The  Holy  Family  in  the  stable 
with  the  ox  and  the  ass;  shepherds  looking  through  the  win- 
dow; gold  rays  coming  through  an  opening  in  the  roof. 

/.  6^.  {Ad  Terciam.)  The  Angel  appearing  to  the  Shepherds. 

/.  77.  {Ad  Sextam.)  Adoration  of  the  Magi.  The  Virgin  and 
Child  at  the  right;  the  oldest  king,  in  crimson  with  wide  ermine 
collar,  his  head  bare,  kneels  and  offers  a  cup  filled  with  gold 
pieces;  the  second  king,  in  purple  with  an  ermine  collar,  has 
just  removed  his  crown  and  holds  a  covered  gold  cup;  the 
youngest  king,  in  green,  crowned,  holds  a  covered  gold  cup  and 
points  upward;  the  star  shines  through  an  opening  in  the  roof. 

/.  76.  {Ad  Nonam.)  The  Presentation  in  the  Temple.  St.  Simeon 
at  the  left  in  a  crimson  vestment  with  gold  border,  his  jewelled 
gold  mitre  on  the  altar;  he  holds  the  Child  on  a  white  towel; 
the  Child  reaches  toward  the  Madonna,  who  kneels  in  adoration 
at  the  right;  behind  her  stands  St.  Joseph  holding  a  candle  and 
offering  a  basket  with  two  doves ;  a  tonsured  priest  holds  an  open 
book  at  the  farther  end  of  the  altar;  several  men  behind  him; 
over  the  altar  a  canopy  of  crimson  and  gold  brocade. 
/.  82.  {Ad  Fesperas.)  Flight  into  Egypt.  St.  Joseph  leads  the  ass 
to  the  left;  the  Child  wears  a  crimson  and  gold  dress. 
/.  pj.  {Ad  Compleioriutn.)  Assumptionof  the  Virgin.  Half-figure 
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HORAE  (continued) 
of  the  Virgin,  rising  from  a  blue  cloud,  surrounded  by  rays  of 
gold  against  a  green  background;  instead  of  her  white  veil,  she 
wears  a  jewelled  crown ;  on  either  side,  below,  three  angel  heads; 
similarly,  above,  four  seraphim. 

p.  II§.  Crucifixion.  Madonna  at  the  left,  St.  John  at  the  right, 
Magdalen  embracing  the  cross,  the  three  Marys  in  the  back- 
ground. 

/.  121.  Feast  of  Pentecost,  Descent  of  the  Holy  Ghost.  The 
Virgin  in  the  centre  surrounded  by  the  twelve  apostles;  dove 
descending  in  rays  of  gold  and  little  tongues  of  flame. 
/.  J26.  David,  wearing  a  gold  crown  and  gown  of  gold  and 
crimson  brocade  trimmed  with  ermine,  kneeling  with  uplifted 
hands,  gazes  at  a  figure  appearing  in  the  sky  holding  three  gold 
arrows;  beside  the  king  is  his  harp;  charming  city  in  the  dis- 
tance. 

p.  150.  Job  and  his  Comforters.  The  emaciated  old  man,  with 
a  ragged  white  cloth  about  his  loins,  reclines  at  the  left;  two 
men  in  rich  clothing  kneel  beside  him,  one  of  them  reasoning 
with  him,  the  other  in  the  attitude  of  adoration ;  a  servant  stands 
behind  the  latter. 

The  smaller  pictures  J  all  half-length  figures,  are  as  follows : 

p.  16.  St.  Luke,  in  a  crimson  gown  with  purple  collar,  writing 

in  a  book,  the  Ox  at  the  right. 

p.  18.  St.  Matthew,  white-haired,  in  a  blue  tunic  and  purple 

mantle,  writing;  the  Angel  holds  an  open  book  at  the  end  of  his 

table. 

/.  20.  St.  Mark,  in  a  blue  gown  with  crimson  and  gold  brocade 

collar  and  cuffs,  and  a  red  cap,  the  Lion  at  the  left. 

/.  202.  The  Trinity.  God  the  Father  on  the  right,  wearing  a 

tiara  and  holding  the  orb;  the  Son  on  the  left  holding  a  cross; 

they  wear  purple  tunics  and  a  crimson  mantle  and  hold  an 

open  book;  between  them,  the  symbol  of  the  Holy  Spirit;  gold 

background. 

/.  20J.  St.  Michael,  with  crimson  wings,  gold  armour,  and  red 

shield,  carrying  a  cross;  blue  background. 

/.  20J.  St.  John  Baptist,  with  Lamb  on  a  book. 

/.  204.  St.  John  the  Evangelist,  with  chalice. 

p.  203.  St.  Peter  and  St.  Paul.  St.  Peter  at  the  left,  with  key; 

St.  Paul  with  sword  and  book. 

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HORAE  (continued) 
/.  206.  St.  James  as  a  pilgrim,  with  staff  and  wallet,  a  shell  on 
his  hat,  reading  a  book  as  he  walks. 
/.  20y.  St.  Sebastian. 

p.  208.  St.  Anthony,  in  dark  habit,  with  blue  T-cross  on  his 
cloak,  carrying  a  crutch-stick,  a  pig  walking  beside  him;  in  the 
background,  a  green  hedge  and  a  church. 
p.  20g.  St.  Anne.  She  is  seated  at  the  left,  holding  an  open  book 
from  which  the  kneeling  Virgin  reads. 

/.  210.  St.  Mary  Magdalen,  with  the  box  of  precious  ointment. 
p.  211.  St.  Catherine  of  Alexandria.  She  is  crowned  and  wears 
a  gold  mantle  lined  with  ermine,  a  crimson  bodice  trimmed 
with  ermine,  and  a  green  skirt;  she  carries  a  palm  branch  and 
a  sword;  beside  her,  a  wheel. 

p.  212.  St.  Barbara  in  a  purple  dress  trimmed  with  ermine,  and 
a  crimson  mantle;  she  carries  a  palm  branch  and  a  tower, 
p.  21  J.  The  dead  Christ,  supported  by  two  angels. 
/.  21J.  St.  Bernard.  He  wears  the  Cistercian  habit,  holds  an 
open  book,  and  is  addressing  the  devil,  who  stands  at  the  right 
with  folded  arms ;  the  devil  has  crimson  head  and  horns,  golden- 
bronze  body,  purple  wings,  and  green  legs. 
/.  222.  Madonna  nursing  Child.  Instead  of  a  white  veil,  she 
wears  a  crown;  gold  background. 

/.  228.  Madonna  and  Child  in  a  stone  room  with  diamond- 
paned  windows  showing  blue  sky. 
/.  2J2.  Holy  Family. 

/.  2j6.  Christ  crowned  with  thorns  and  Madonna. 
/.  242.  Annunciation.  Virgin  standing  at  the  right,  Gabriel  at 
the  left  in  a  crimson  tunic  and  green  wings,  carrying  a  long  gold 
rod  ;  dove  in  the  centre,  above. 

CHOIR  BOOK 

Vellum,  24  X  17,  fF.  1544-2;  six  lines  of  music 
(four-line  stave)  and  six  of  text  to  a  page;  cent. 
XVIII  (1733);  in  a  large  Gothic  hand.  Original 
binding,  brown  leather  over  thick  boards,  with 
large  pierced  brass  corners  and  medallions  on  the 
sides  (Madonna  and  Child  in  medallion  on  front 
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Choir  Book  (continued) 
cover;  coat  of  arms  of  St.  Dominic  in  the  other). 
This  volume  is  said  to  have  been  recovered  from 
a  shipwreck  in  the  Bay  of  Naples,  and  has  suffered 
from  the  action  of  water.  The  copyist's  name  on 
the  inside  of  the  cover  is  almost  illegible,  but  the 
date  is  plain, — scripsit  anno  dni  1733.  At  the  bot- 
tom off.  152  b,  also  somewhat  obscured,  is  Fr. 
Hieronym^.  Notanus  (?)  ex  .  .  .  vincia  S.  Catherine 
de  senis  scribebat  am  dni — the  date  is  omitted.  Gift 
of  George  A.  Gardner. 

Collation:  fy-leaf,  I^-IJ%  i6%  +  4),  if,  l8\  i^^ fly- 
leaf. The  leaves  are  numbered  at  the  top,  but  numbers  j^— 
/f/f.  are  omitted;  they  are  correctly  numbered  at  the  bottom. 

There  is  a  hastily  written  index  on  the  inside  of  the  front 
cover. 

Contents 
Chants  for  the  following  Feasts: 
f   I.  St.  Andrew. 
f  21.  St.  Nicholas. 
/  2g.  St.  Lucy. 
f.  34.  St.  Thomas,  the  Apostle. 
f.  j6.  St.  Stephen,  Protomartyr. 
f  42.  St.  John,  the  Evangelist. 
f  41  b.  Holy  Innocents. 
f55.  St.  Agnes. 
f  61.  St.  Vincent. 
f.  7J.  Conversion  of  St.  Paul. 
/  gs  b.  St.  Agatha. 
/ 102.  Cathedra  of  St.  Peter. 
/  lOS-  SS.  Philip  and  James. 
f.  116  b.  Corona  Domini. 
f.  I2J.  St.  Michael  Archangel. 
/  / 128.  Nativity  of  St.  John  Baptist. 
f.  1^0.  Holy  Martyrs  John  and  Paul. 

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Choir  Book  (continued) 

Decorations:  Seven  pages,  fF.  i,  21,  29,  42,  61  b,  73,  128,  arc 
decorated  with  sumptuous  borders  of  large  foliated  scrolls,  beau- 
tifully drawn  in  brilliant  colours.  On  f.  I,  the  border  goes  all 
around  the  page;  on  the  other  six  pages,  the  border  goes  across 
the  top  and  down  the  outer  margin,  only  the  outer  band  of  gold 
being  continued  around  the  page.  Each  of  these  pages  has  an 
historiated  initial,  about  seven  inches  square,  the  letter  of  gold, 
on  a  square  of  red  or  blue  (f.  73,  green),  decorated  with  delicate 
scrolls  in  white  and  flourishes  in  gold,  the  whole  enclosed  in  a 
square  frame  of  gold. 

f.  I.  The  scrolls  of  the  border  are  crimson,  blue,  green,  red,  and 
gold;  the  sides  are  alike;  at  the  corners  are  medallions  with  pic- 
tures of  the  archangels,  upper  left,  Michael,  lower  left,  Raphael 
with  Tobias;  the  other  two  are  much  blurred,  but  are  prob- 
ably, upper  right,  Gabriel,  lower  right,  Uriel;  in  the  centre  of 
the  lower  border  are  the  arms  of  St.  Dominic. 
Initial  U,  The  Calling  of  Andrew.  Christ  at  the  right,  in  a  blue 
tunic  and  crimson  mantle;  Andrew  kneeling  before  him,  in 
light  green  tunic  and  reddish  yellow  mantle;  on  the  lake  in  the 
background,  a  boat  with  two  fishermen. 

f.  21.  There  are  fewer  colours  in  the  border;  the  scrolls  are  all 
green  and  gold,  with  roses  and  strawberries  in  red,  white,  and 
gold;  the  space  enclosed  by  the  scrolls  is  purple  with  flourishes  in 
white,  the  space  outside  the  scrolls  is  filled  with  blue  flourishes. 
Initial  A,  St.  Nicholas.  He  wears  a  white  tunic,  crimson  mantle 
lined  with  blue  and  bordered  with  a  pattern  in  gold,  and  a 
crimson  mitre,  and  carries  a  crozier. 

f.  2g.  Initial  U,  St.  Lucy.  She  wears  a  white  and  gold  dress, 
lavender  and  gold  overdress,  and  yellow  mantle,  and  carries  her 
eyes  on  a  saucer  in  her  right  hand,  and  a  palm  branch  in  her  left. 
f.  42.  Initial  U,  St.  John  on  Patmos.  St.  John,  represented  as  a 
young  man,  is  seated  at  the  left;  he  wears  a  green  tunic  and  red 
mantle,  and  is  writing  in  a  book  while  he  gazes  upward  at  a 
vision  of  the  Virgin  standing  on  a  crescent  moon ;  she  wears  a 
crimson  dress,  blue  mantle,  and  gold  crown,  and  has  a  halo  of 
stars;  the  Eagle  standing  at  the  feet  of  St.  John  holds  an  ink- 
well suspended  from  his  beak. 

f.  61.  Initial  I,  St.  Vincent.  He  kneels  at  the  left,  gazing  up 
at  a  cherub  appearing  from  heaven  with  a  crown;  he  wears  a 
crimson  vestment  over  a  white  tunic. 

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Choir  Book  (continued) 

f.  7J.  Initial  S,  Conversion  of  St.  Paul.  Above,  half-figure  of 
Christ  in  glory,  a  crimson  scarf  floating  behind  him,  cherubs' 
heads  on  a  cloud  around  him ;  below,  St.  Paul,  on  his  knees,  lean- 
ing back  against  his  white  horse  which  has  fallen  to  the  ground; 
St.  Paul  wears  a  blue  cuirass  over  a  yellow  tunic,  his  helmet  lies 
nearby;  a  group  of  soldiers  hurrying  away  at  the  right;  a  sol- 
dier rushing  up  at  the  left. 

f.  128.  Initial  I,  Annunciation  to  Zacharias.  Angel  appearing 
over  altar  at  the  right ;  Zacharias  with  a  group  of  people  at  the  left. 

There  are,  besides,  four  kinds  of  decorative  initials: 

1st.  Plain  letters,  about  \\  inches  high,  in  blue  or  red. 

2nd.  Simple  letters,  zi  x  2^  inches,  in  red  with  blue  flourishes, 

or  blue  with  crimson  or  red  flourishes. 

jrd.  Similar  red  and  blue  letters,  3^x3^  inches,  with  more  elab- 
orate scroll  ornament,  the  whole  enclosed  in  a  square  frame,  the 
colour  of  the  letter. 

4ih.  Large  plain  letters  of  gold,  set  in  a  square  gold  frame,  3f  x 
3i  inches,  the  space  within  the  letter  blue,  the  space  around  it 
red,  or  vice  versa,  and  both  these  grounds  covered  with  white 
scrolls  and  gold  flourishes.  There  are  thirty-three  of  these  let- 
ters, on  fF.  24,  31,  36,  38b,44b,  46  b,  47  b,  50  b,  55  b,  58  b, 
65  b,  68,  73  b,  74  b,  97  b,  loi,  105,  106  b,  107,  1 10  b,  115, 
116,  116  b,  118  b,  119,  124  b  (2),  128  b,  129,  143  b,  145, 
150,151. 

THE  ORDER  OF  THE  ADMINISTRATION 
OF  THE  LORD'S  SUPPER 

Vellum,  5!  X  4s,  fF.  7;  14  lines  to  a  page;  cent,  xix; 
written  in  a  beautiful  Gothic  hand  and  decorated 
by  Andreas  Andersen  for  I.  S.  G.  Loose  leaves  in 
an  old  Venetian  binding. 

Contains  the  opening  prayers,  the  Commandments,  and  part  of 
the  next  prayer. 

The  decorations  are  chiefly  in  light  green,  pink,  lavender,  light 
blue,  and  gold. 

f.  I.  Title-page.  Solid  border  on  three  sides,  ground  green,  with 
designs  in  pinks  and  blues;  at  the  bottom,  the  Stewart  coat  of 

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The  Order  of  the  Administration,  etc.  (continued) 

arms  in  gold  and  blue  ;  at  the  side,  a  white  dove;  at  the  top,  a 
parrot  and  a  peacock.  Three  illuminated  initials:  T  in  dark  and 
light  blue  on  a  square  of  gold,  the  centre  filled  with  green  on 
which  is  a  figure  in  light  green;  L  in  red;  H  in  gold  on  a  blue 
ground. 

f.  J  b.  Madonna  carrying  the  Child,  and  walking  in  a  meadow. 

f.  4.  At  the  top,  two  peacocb  in  lavender,  green,  blue,  and  gold, 
on  a  green  ground,  with  green  and  lavender  scrolls. 

f.  7.  Madonna  and  Child  with  Angel;  brilliant  deep  blue  back- 
ground with  gold  rays  from  upper  left  comer. 

f.  7  b.  Small  figure  of  a  lady  kneeling  in  prayer;  she  is  dressed 
in  blue;  green  background  of  a  shape  suggesting  a  butterfly; 
opposite,  a  white  pigeon. 

VIRGILIUS  MARO,  PUBLIUS.  Aeneid 

Paper,  lii  x  8i,  fF.  140;  36  lines  to  a  page;  cent. 

XIV ;  cursive  hand, pale  brown  ink.  Binding:  brown 

leather,  with  blind  and  gold  tooling  on  back  and 

sides.  It  has  the  book-plate  of  Nath.  Cholmley. 

Collation:  i'°-f%  4'^-io'\  1 1'\  I2'\ 

Contains  the  twelve  books  of  the  Aeneid^  each  one,  except  the 
first,  preceded  by  an  Argumentum  in  the  metre  of  the  poem. 
At  the  end:  "Publij  maronis  virgilij  eneis  piohanne  d'rouado 
mascripta  est  die  xxiiij  ihs  novebr  orasa."  There  arc  no  decora- 
tions, although  space  is  left  at  the  beginning  of  each  book  and 
of  each  argument  for  an  illuminated  initial.  The  first  pages 
have  numerous  glosses  in  very  fine  script;  these  become  gradu- 
ally less  frequent,  and  for  the  later  portions  of  the  book  there  are 
almost  none.  "Jesus"  is  written  at  the  top  of  several  pages,  and 
"Jesus  christus"  at  the  top  of  one.  The  water-mark  is  a  round 
tower  with  three  battlements. 

DANTE  ALIGHIERI.  Divina  Comedia 
Vellum,  loi  X  7i,  fF.  135  -I-  4;  double  columns  of 
43  lines;  cent,  xiv;  beautifully  written  in  a  fine 
clear  hand.  Binding:  light  brown  morocco  with 
26 


Dante  Alighieri  (continued) 
blind  tooling.  It  has  the  book-plate  of  The 
Honb.l.e  Frederic  North,  on  which  is  pencilled  the 
name  Boutourlin;  on  the  first  fly-leaf  is  pencilled 
Barrois;  below  in  another  hand,  PFith  the  Com- 
mentaries'of  Boccaccio;  manuscripts  of  this  sort  of  ex- 
treme rarity.  At  the  bottom  of  the  first  page  of  text 
is  a  blurred  stamp.  From  Lord  Guildford's  and 
the  Barrois  Collections,  at  the  Ashburnham  Sale, 
June  lo,  1901. 

Collation:  2  fly-leaves  {paper)^  I  {irregular^  8  leaves)^  2^°— 
li'%  I2\  13'%  14}%  IS  is  lift),  2 fly-leaves  {paper). 

The  text  of  the  poem  begins  on  the  first  page  of  the  second 
quire;  beginning  with  that  page,  the  leaves  were  numbered  by 
the  copyist  in  red  Roman  numerals,  i— cxxxi ;  cxxvij  and  cxxviij 
(blanic)  were  removed  and  bound  at  the  front  of  the  book; 
cxxviiij  has  disappeared.  There  is  a  later  foliation  in  black  ara- 
ble numerals,  starting  with  the  first  page  of  text.  The  edges 
have  been  slightly  cut.  The  catchwords  of  the  quires  are  writ- 
ten in  the  centre  of  the  bottom  margin,  surrounded  by  simple 
flourishes. 

Contents: 

f.  (j).  Inchomincia  la  tauola  de'  chapitoli  della  chonmedia  di 
dante  allighierj  cittadino  di  firenze. 

f.  ((5).  Inchomincia  II  prolaghoz  la  forma  di  questa  opa  Et  in 
che  stato  era  lautore  quando  la  chompuose  %  che  forma  da6  a 
tutto  II  libro  %  dicie  cosi. 

f.  i.  Comincia  la  chomedia  di  date  alighierj  da  firenze. 

f.  xxviiij  {b).  Comincia  la  secoda  parte  di  dante  cioe  II  purgha- 
torio. 

f.  Iviij.  Chomincia  la  terza  parte  della  chonmedia  di  dante 
chiamata  paradiso.  [The  first  six  lines  of  the  Paradiso  are  given  in 
the  middle  of  the  second  column,  otherwise  blank,  except  for  two 
lines  at  the  top;  the  Paradiso  really  begins  on  the  verso  of  this 
leaf,  where  these  six  lines  are  repeated  with  a  superb  initial.] 

f.  IxxxviJ  {b).  Questo  chapitolo  fecie  Jacopo  figluolo  di  dante 

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Dante  Aughieri  (continued) 
allighieri,  II  qual  parla  sopra  tutta  la  chonmedia  del  detto  dante 
poeta  fiorentino. 

f.  Ixxxviij.  Questo  chapitolo  fece  Mess  busone  da  ghobbio.  [It 
begins  on  the  next  page.] 

f.  Ixxxviuj.  Chomincia  II  trattato  che  fecie  lo  illustro  poeta 
Mess  giouani  di  bocchaccio  da  certaldo  sopra  dante. 
f.  ciij.  Inchominciano  le  chiose  di  dante  alleghierj  da  firenze. 
f.  cxxiij.  There  are  only  two  lines  in  the  first  column  on  this  page, 
after  which  is  written  in  another  hand,  "_/?»«V  laus  Jo."  The 
remaining  leaves  are  blank. 

Decorations:  The  headings  to  the  cantos  are  in  red;  the  first  let- 
ters of  the  cantos  are  alternately  red  and  blue,  each  one  delicately 
and  charmingly  ornamented  with  pen  flourishes  in  the  other  col- 
our, carried  to  various  distances.  The  first  letter  of  each  tiercet 
is  a  capital  filled  with  yellow.  The  table  of  contents  has  orna- 
ments in  red  and  blue. 

The  first  letter  of  the  prologue  is  a  large  N  of  rounded  form  in 
red  with  insertions  of  blue,  the  centre  filled  with  a  geometrical 
pattern  in  red  and  white,  the  exterior  surrounded  by  a  delicate 
design  in  blue  making  a  square,  at  the  left  corners  of  which, 
above  and  below,  are  concentric  circles  of  blue  and  yellow  en- 
closing a  little  design  in  red  and  white;  a  marvellously  executed 
line  and  leaf  design  in  blue,  yellow,  and  gold  makes  a  border  on 
the  left  side  of  the  page  and  across  the  bottom. 
The  first  page  of  the  Commedia  is  surrounded  by  a  border  of 
bold  design  of  scrolls,  etc.,  springing  from  the  initial  N;  the 
colours  are  blue,  orange,  green,  lavender,  and  gold;  towards  the 
bottom  of  the  right  margin  is  a  bird's  head,  in  lavender,  with  a 
long  bill.  The  round  N  is  orange  broken  by  foliated  scrolls  of 
various  colours  against  a  square  background  of  very  fine  gold. 
Within  the  letter  on  a  gold  ground  is  a  portrait  of  Dante  wear- 
ing a  blue  gown  and  blue  hood  over  a  white  cap  with  a  strap 
under  his  chin.  He  holds  red  books  in  his  left  hand  and  rests  his 
right  against  the  side  of  the  N.  The  letters  "el  mezzo"  are 
arranged  in  a  column  at  the  right  of  the  N. 
The  initial  P  at  the  beginning  of  the  Purgatorio  is  of  the  same 
style,  but  the  border  extends  only  along  the  left  margin  of  the 
page  and  halfway  across  the  bottom,  where  it  ends  in  the 
crested  head  of  a  blue  bird  with  long  yellow  beak  seizing  a 
small  gold  sun.  The  letter  is  filled  with  a  simple  design  of  foli- 
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Dante  Alighieri  (continued) 

ated  scrolls  in  orange,  green,  blue,  and  gold.  The  letters  "er 
correr"  are  arranged  in  a  column  at  the  right. 
The  decoration  on  the  first  page  of  the  Paradiso  extends  almost 
around  the  page;  the  initial  L  is  set  on  a  square  of  gold;  in  the 
centre,  against  a  blue  ground,  is  a  half-figute  of  Christ  in  a  man- 
dorla;  He  wears  a  red  tunic  and  a  blue  cloak,  and  has  a  gold 
nimbus;  His  right  hand  is  raised  in  the  attitude  of  blessing,  and 
in  His  left  He  holds  a  red  book. 

The  Trattato  of  Boccaccio  begins  with  a  similar  initial  N  at  the 
top  of  the  second  column  of  the  page,  the  decoration  extending 
across  the  top  of  the  page;  the  centre  of  the  letter  is  filled  with 
leaf  forms  in  blue  and  white  and  lavender  and  white,  enclos- 
ing a  geometrical  figure.  The  Dante  picchelo  of  Boccaccio  begins 
with  an  initial  C  in  the  same  style.  The  centre  of  this  initial  is 
filled  with  a  design  very  like  the  one  in  the  initial  of  the  Pur- 
gatorio. 

FORM  AND  MANNER  OF  KEEPING  THE 
PARLIAMENT  OF  ENGLAND 

Vellum,  8ix6i;  fF.  36-f- 10;  cent,  xvi;  written  for 
Edward  VI.  Binding:  old  red  morocco.  On  f.  2, 
No.  24.  Edw.  Coke  Attornatgen:  ex  dono  mri  Britten. 
Notes  in  the  same  hand  at  the  bottom  of  the  page. 

Collation:  the  book  is  too  tightly  bound  to  admit  of  collation. 
The  first  six  pages  are  numbered  1-6;  after  that  the  leaves 
are  numbered  j—jy. 

Contents: 

p.  5.  Table  of  contents. 

f.  ij.  Here  foloweth  the  fourme  and  maner  of  the  kepinge  of 

the  Parleament  of  Englande. 

f.  25  b.  The  maner  and  forme  and  vsage  of  Gilbert  de  Strogell 

mshall  of  Englande. 

f  32.  Here  foloweth  the  maft  and  custome  of  the  vsages  of 

Thomas  Brotherton  which  he  hadd  and  vsed  in  the  office  of  the 

Marshallsie. 

f.  32  b.  This  lytle  treatyse  hereafter  folowinge  maketh  a  breefF 

mencion  and  declaracion  of  certeyne  rightes  which  of  aunciente 

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Form  and  Manner,  etc.  (continued) 

and  laudable  custome  of  Englande  ought  to  pteyne  to  the  Mar- 
shall in  tyme  of  warre. 

Decorations: 

p.  3.  Arms  of  the  Earl  Marshal,  Duke  of  Norfolk,  emblazoned. 

p.  4.  Arms  of  Edward  VI,  emblazoned. 

f.  ij.  Edward  VI  opening  Parliament.  The  young  king  en- 
throned under  a  gold  canopy,  which  seems  to  serve  as  an  initial 
T,  holds  the  sceptre  and  the  orb;  his  robes  are  cloth  of  gold 
and  ermine;  at  his  feet  is  an  oriental  carpet;  about  him  are  the 
officers  of  the  court,  the  Earl  Marshal  with  the  sword,  kings- 
at-arms,  etc. ;  the  carpet  of  the  hall  is  green ;  in  the  background, 
a  blue  hanging  with  gold  fleurs-de-lys  and  roses (?). 

/.  26.  Gold  Gothic  initial  Ton  dull  red  ground;  within  the  ini- 
tial, picture  of  the  Earl  Marshal  standing  in  front  of  the  throne, 
attended  by  his  four  kings-at-arms;  a  green  hanging  behind  the 
throne;  pavement  of  lozenge-shaped  tiles. 

f.  32  b.  Similar,  but  smaller,  Gothic  initial  T,  with  the  same 
subject;  the  Earl  Marshal  standing  in  front  of  the  throne,  with 
one  herald  on  either  side;  crimson  hanging  behind  the  throne; 
blue  background  with  design  in  darker  blue  and  gold;  green 
carpet.  From  this  initial  a  stem  and  leaf  ornament  of  simple  de- 
sign extends  across  the  top  and  down  the  margin  of  the  page. 

Throughout  the  book,  the  initials  are  gold  on  a  red  and  blue 
ground;  simple  groups  of  stems  and  leaves  extend  from  the  in- 
itial in  the  margin,  each  group  ending  in  a  round  spot  of  gold 
and  three  green  leaves,  with  spots  of  dull  red. 

MARIEGOLA   BELLA   SCUOLA   DI    SAN 
GEMINIANO 

Vellum, III X  88,ff. 79  4-4;25linestoapageinthe 
original  statutes ;  beginning  of  cent,  xvi  to  end  of 
cent.  XVIII.  (The  contract  with  the  church  was  made 
in  1 504 ;  the  last  entry  was  made  in  1 7  8  5 .)  Accord- 
ing to  the  inventory  on  p.  71,  this  mariegola 
was  "  fornida  de  arzento  e  couerta  de  ueludo  cre- 
mexin."  There  were  evidently  silver  corners,  and 

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Mariegola,  etc.  (continued) 
large  silver  placques  in  the  centre  of  the  sides, 
but  these  have  all  been  removed,  and  the  pile  of 
the  velvet  is  worn  off  except  where  it  was  pro- 
tected by  the  placques ;  the  colour  is  now  a  faded 
pink.  It  has  the  book-plate  of  Edward  Cheney 
(see  his  "Remarks  on  the  Illuminated  Official 
Manuscripts  of  the  Venetian  RepubHc,"  p.  24). 
Below  is  written:  Afterwards  John  Ruskins;  now, 
1900,  mine.  Charles  Eliot  Norton,  and  below  that: 
Now,  1903,  mine,  Isabella  Stewart  Gardner. 

Collation:  2  Jly-leaves  (paper),  /%  2^^{-\-/f,  inserted  be- 
tween 2^  and  2^),  J'°,  ^*,  5^  d"  (//  and  12  cancelled, 
and  10  ff.  inserted  between  6^  and  6^°),  7'^,  2  Jiy-leaves 
{paper). 

Contents: 

f.  I  {b).  Pacta  et  Conuentiones  inter  Captm.  5  geminianj  et 

[*Soci]etate  Scol§.  Del  afio  1504  Inditio.  vij:  adi  29.  marzo. 

f.  3.  Questa  sie  la  tabula  ouer  registro  dei  capitoli  de  la  pre- 
sente  matricula  per  ordine  distinct!  zc. 

The  original  index  fills  a  page  and  a  half;  later  additions  filled 
the  blank  half-page,  and  four  leaves  were  inserted  on  which  the 
index  is  continued  with  this  heading:  "1686.  2  Marzo  Noua 
Aggionta  deir  Indice."  The  secretary  of  that  date  paged  the  vol- 
ume to  the  end  of  his  record,  p.  88.  There  are  no  subsequent 
additions  to  the  index,  but  later  hands  have  continued  the  pagi- 
nation to  145.  The  odd  numbers  are  on  the  left-hand  pages, 
and  the  inserted  pages  of  the  index  are  omitted  in  the  number- 
ing, which,  for  convenience,  will  be  followed  in  the  rest  of  this 
description. 

p.  7.  M.D.  vi.  Die  xxvij  Aprilis:  In  Consilio  Decern:  Q  Auc- 
toritate  huius  Conscilij  Concedatur  Plebano  et  Parochianis  Ec- 
clesie  Sancti  geminiani  de  Venetijs  Che  in  quella  possino  leuar 
una  fraternita  soto  vocabulo  del  Corpo  di  christo  .  .  . 

loanes  iacobus  de  Michaelibus 
Secretarius  Consilij  scripsit. 

*The  leaf  is  mutilated. 

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Mariegola,  etc.  (continued) 

p.  10.  Ad  honorem  laudem  et  gloriam  beatissime  trinitatis  .  .  . 
This  is  the  first  page  of  the  charter,  which  begins  with  various 
benedictions,  followed  by  a  statement  of  the  purposes  of  the  con- 
fraternity. 
pp.  14—26.  The  original  statutes  of  the  Confraternity. 

The  rest  of  the  book  contains  additions  to  the  statutes,  extracts 
of  wills  making  bequests  to  the  Scuola,  copies  of  decrees  affect- 
ing it,  records  of  meetings,  etc.,  written  in  a  great  variety  of 
hands.  On  pp.  71-74  is  an  inventory  of  the  possessions  of  the 
Scuola  at  the  chucch.  This  inventory  comes  between  entries 
dated  1636  and  1639.  The  second  item  is  this  very  book,"  Una 
maregola  fornida  de  arzento  e  couerta  de  ueludo  cremexin." 
The  last  entry,  p.  145,  is  dated  1785:  10  Febraro. 

Decorations: 

p.  p.  Full-page  picture  with  a  border  of  repeating  design  of  flower 
and  foliage  forms  in  blue,  crimson,  green,  and  gold  on  a  gold 
ground;  at  the  bottom,  in  the  centre,  is  a  green  wreath  within 
which  on  a  blue  ground  are  the  letters  I  H  S  in  gold.  In 
the  picture,  members  of  the  Scuola,  holding  tall  candles,  are 
kneeling  on  either  side;  in  the  middle  stands  a  young  priest 
facing  to  the  right,  holding  a  monstrance;  he  wears  a  white  cas- 
sock and  a  red  cope  with  a  design  in  gold;  facing  him  is  a  man 
in  white  kneeling,  supporting  a  large  standard,  on  which  are 
two  angels  at  the  right  and  left  of  a  chalice,  from  which  rises  a 
half-figure  of  the  Christ,  with  blood  flowing  from  His  wounds, 
His  hands  held  by  the  angels.  The  angel  at  the  right  has  a  green 
tunic  and  red  wings;  the  other,  a  red  tunic  and  green  wings. 
The  background  is  a  landscape. 

/.  10.  Has  a  similar  border;  in  the  wreath  at  the  bottom  is  a 
bishop  with  his  crozier,  on  a  blue  ground;  in  the  centre  at  the 
top,  the  Lion  of  St.  Mark  on  a  blue  ground.  In  the  initial  N, 
God  the  Father,  with  the  orb,  blessing ;  He  wears  a  red  tunic 
and  blue  mantle. 

The  initial  of  each  of  the  original  eighteen  statutes  is  formed 
of  foliated  scrolls  on  a  square  gold  ground.  Each  initial  is  deco- 
rated with  a  vine  and  leaf  design  with  flowers  and  scrolls. 


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CAPITOLARE  DI  DOMENICO  DIEDO 

Commission  from  Doge  Christopho^o  Moro  ap- 
pointing Domenico  Diedo  Procuratore  di  San 
Marco.  Vellum,  ii  x  8,  fF.  26  +  3;  23  lines  to  a 
page;  cent,  xv  (Christophoro  Moro  was  Doge 
1 462-1 471);  beautifully  written  in  a  clear  and 
precise  hand.  Bound  in  red  velvet. 
Collation:  2  fly-leaves^  i'°-2'°,j  (6  left),  i  fly-leaf. 

Contents  : 

f.  I.  Incipiunt  capitula  commissionis  domini  dominici  diedo 

procuratoris  ecclesie  sancti  marci  apostoli  et  euangeliste. 

/  4.  Blank. 

f.^.  Nos  xpoforus  mauro  dei  gratia  dux  uenetiarum  ic  Com- 

mittimus  tibi  nobili  uiro  dominico  diedo  procuratori  ecclesie 

nostre  sancti  marci.  Below, — Sacrametuj. 

This  oath  is  followed  by  the  statutes  of  the  office,  which  the 
procurator  swore  to  obey.  There  are  forty-nine  in  the  index, 
which  it  was  evidently  expected  would  be  extended  on  the 
following  blank  leaf.  There  are  fifty-three  of  the  statutes  them- 
selves, with  a  blank  leaf  for  additions. 

The  heading  of  the  index  and  of  each  of  the  statutes  in  the 
text  is  in  red.  The  initials  in  the  index  are  alternately  red  with 
simple  pen  decorations  in  violet,  and  blue  with  decorations  in 
red.  The  initials  of  the  statutes  alternate  in  the  same  way,  but 
the  delicate  and  elaborate  pen  flourishes  extend  the  length  of  the 
page.  There  are  only  seven  pages  without  such  ornament. 

The  chief  decoration  is  on  the  first  page  of  the  commission 
(  f.  5).  This  has  a  very  beautiful  border  of  vines  and  flowers  in 
blue,  crimson,  green,  and  gold;  at  the  bottom,  in  the  centre, 
two  cherubs  with  crimson  wings,  standing  on  blue  clouds,  sup- 
port a  green  wreath  enclosing,  against  a  black  ground  covered 
with  very  fine  white  flourishes,  a  shield  with  the  Diedo  coat 
of  arms.  The  initial  N  at  the  top  of  the  page  is  crimson  cov- 
ered with  delicate  white  flourishes,  and  set  on  a  square  of  gold; 
within  the  N  on  a  black  ground  covered  with  white  flourishes 
is  a  figure  of  foliated  scrolls  in  green,  blue,  and  crimson,  touched 
up  with  white.  The  Sacramentum  has  an  exquisite  initial  I  of 
scroll  design  in  blue,  crimson,  and  gold,  set  in  a  rectangle  of 
vine  and  flower  forms  like  the  border. 

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COMMISSIONE  DUCALE 

Commission  appointing  Antonio  Georgio  Podesta 
of  Oderzo.  Vellum, 9I  x  6i, fF.  66  +  2 ;  25  lines  to  a 
page;  cent,  xvi  (i  536);  in  Latin,  written  at  Venice 
in  a  very  clear  cursive  hand.  Original  binding  of 
brown  leather  with  gold  tooling;  in  a  circle  on  the 
front  cover,  "antonii  georgio,"  and  similarly  on 
the  reverse  cover,  "m.d.xxxvi." 
Collation:  i  fly-leaf  {^aper)^  i'°-6'°,  />,  I  fly-leaf  {paper). 

Contents: 
f.  I.  Nos  Andreas  Griti  Dei  Gratia  Dvx  Venetiarvm  et 

Caetera. 

CoMMiTTiMvs.  Tibi  Nob.  V.  Antonio  Georgio,  dilecto  Ciui, 
et  fideli  nostro,  quod  in  bona  gra  uadas  et  sis  Potestas  de  nostro 
mandato  Opitergij,  per  menses,  xvi,  et  tantum  plus  quantum 
successor  tuus  illuc  uenire  distulerit:  habendo  ad  honorem  nos- 
tram,  et  bonum  statum  et  conseruationem  dict^  terre  bonam  et 
diligentem  curam. 

At  the  bottom  of  the  page,  below  the  border,  is  the  date,  1 5  36. 

The  rest  of  the  book  consists  of  the  statutes  to  be  followed  in 
administering  his  office.  They  end  on  f.  61  (b),  and  are  dated 
and  signed:  Datj  in  nfo  ducali  Palatio,  die  I  Septembris  In- 
dictione  X.  M  D  xxxyj. 

Hier'  murianus, 

Secretarius 
On  the  following  three  pages  are  entries  in  different  hands; 
then  six  blank  pages,  and  on  the  last  page  statements  regard- 
ing salaries.  The  regulations  are  minute:  f.  49,  De  seruis  fugi- 
tiuis;  f.  49  (b),  De  negocijs  publicis  non  scribat'  priuatis;  f.  54, 
De  non  ducendo  iilium  pro  socio  nee  aliquem  de  maiori  Cons?, 
etc. 

The  initial  of  each  statute  is  red;  otherwise  the  only  decora- 
tion is  the  elaborate  first  page.  A  band  of  gold,  edged  with 
yellowish-brown,  surrounds  the  page,  and  is  broken  at  the  top 
and  bottom  to  include  elliptical  medallions,  between  which  it 
frames  a  central  rectangular  panel.  The  upper  half  of  this  panel 
contains  the  words  "Nos  . .  .  Caetera"  in  gold  on  an  elliptical 
ground  of  beautiful  red;  this  ellipse  is  enclosed  in  a  rectangular 

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COMMISSIONE  DUCALE  (cONTINUEd) 
green  band,  the  space  around  the  ellipse  being  crimson  with  sil- 
ver tracery.  The  lower  half  of  the  panel  furnishes  a  plain  back- 
ground for  text,  with  a  simple  initial  C  on  a  square  blue  ground. 
In  the  medallion  at  the  top  of  the  page  is  the  Lion  of  St. 
Mark  in  gold  against  a  light  blue  ground  (green  in  the  lower 
left  corner) ;  he  has  a  dark  halo,  violet  wings,  and  holds  a  red 
book  closed.  In  the  medallion  below  is  a  coat  of  arms  on  a  blue 
ground  (a  strip  of  green  across  the  bottom).  The  ground  of  the 
border  in  the  upper  left  and  lower  right  corners  is  green,  in  the 
other  corners  blue;  where  the  colours  meet  on  the  sides,  there 
is  a  vertical  medallion  of  violet;  in  each  of  these  compartments 
there  is  a  handsome  design  of  leaf  and  flower  forms  in  gold. 

COMMISSIONE  DUCALE 

Commission  appointing  Vincenzo  Gritti  Gov- 
ernor of  Udine.  Vellum,  9!  x  6»,iF.98  +  2;  23  lines 
to  a  page;  cent,  xvi  (1546);  in  Latin,  written  at 
Venice  in  a  clear  cursive  hand.  Original  binding 
of  brown  leather  with  gold  tooling;  in  a  circle  on 
the  front  cover,  the  Lion  of  St.  Mark ;  at  the  left 
and  right  of  the  circle,  the  initials  V.  G.;  in  the 
circle  on  the  reverse  cover,  a  seated  figure  of  Ven- 
ice with  the  attributes  of  Justice. 

Collation:  i fiy-leaf{paper)^  i^°-io^'>  (j  and 6  cane),  i  fly- 
leaf {paper).  The  ff.  have  been  numbered^  but  asf.jo  was 
skipped,  the  numbering  is  incorrect. 

Contents  : 

f.  I.  Nos.  Franciscvs  Donato  Dei  Gratia  Dvx  Venetiarvm 

f.  I  {b).  Committimus  tibi  nobili  viro  Vincentio  Gritti,  dilecto 
ciui  et  fideli  nostro,  quod  de  nostro  mandato  uadas  I  nostrum 
locu  tenentem,  terrae  nostrae  Vtini  ac  totius  patria; :  etc. 

f.  g4.  Datj  In  nfo  ducali  Palatio  die  27  lulii  Indict.  4'.^  M.  D. 
xxxxvi: 

H.  murianus 

Secret. 


COMMISSIONE  DUCALE  (cONTINUEd) 
It  is  interesting  to  compare  this  signature  with  the  one  written 
ten  years  earlier  in  the  commission  of  Antonio  Georgio. 

The  headings  and  first  words  of  the  statutes  are  in  red.  The 
initials  of  the  statutes  are  supplied  in  red  through  f.  lo;  they 
are  entirely  omitted  on  fF.  1 1-18  (a),  but  have  been  put  in  in 
red  by  a  later  hand  in  the  rest  of  the  book. 

The  first  page  is  elaborately  painted.  The  few  words  of  text  are 
in  gold  on  an  elliptical  crimson  ground  in  a  yellow  cartouche 
set  in  a  rectangle  the  comers  of  which  are  filled  in  with  purple. 
On  this  rectangle  stands  the  Lion  of  St.  Mark  in  gold,  against 
a  blue  sky;  above,  surrounded  by  clouds,  is  a  half-length  fig- 
ure of  the  Madonna  and  Child;  in  a  medallion  at  the  bottom, 
two  cherubs  support  a  cartouche  on  which  is  the  Gritti  coat  of 
arms;  in  a  medallion  at  the  left,  St.  Francis  receiving  the  stig- 
mata; in  one  at  the  right,  a  Dominican  saint  holding  a  flaming 
heart  (?)  and  a  blue  book;  the  corners  of  the  page  are  filled  with 
armour  and  military  trophies  in  gold  and  black  on  a  black  ground. 

COMMISSIONE  DUCALE 

Commission  appointing  Girolamo  Morosini  Cap- 
tain of  Brescia.  Vellum,  8}  x  6,  fF.  1 1 8  -f-  3 ;  22  lines 
to  a  page;  cent,  xvi  (1547);  written  at  Venice  irk 
a  very  fine  clear  hand.  Bound  in  brown  leather,*^ 
with  the  original  gold-tooled  sides;  "hieronymi     I 
MAVRocENo"  in  a  circle  on  the  front  cover,  and 
".M.D.xLVii."  in  a  circle  on  the  reverse  cover.  On 
the  inside  of  the  cover,  Mr.  C.  E.  Norton  has  writ- 
ten in  pencil :  Girolamo  Morosini  died  1 570.  v.  Cico- 
gna.  Inscr.  Venez,  6. 594.  Francesco  Donatobom  1468, 
Doge  1545,  died  1553.  v.  Cicogna.  I.  60. 

Collation:  2  fiy-leaves  (j>aper\  i^°-io'%  ll\  I  Jly-leaf 
{paper).  The  ff".  are  numbered  up  to  ii/f.. 

Contents: 

f.  I.  Nos  Franciscvs  Donato  Dei  Gratia  Dvx  Venetian  \^c. 

f.  I  {B).  CoMMiTTiMVS  tibi  NobiliViroHieronymo  Mauroceno 

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dilecto  ciui,  et  fideli,  quod  de  mandato  nostro  uadas,  et  sis  ciui- 
tatis  nostrae  Briziae  capitaneus  per  meses  xvi.,  etc. 

The  text  is  in  Latin  as  far  as  f,  91  (b);  the  remainder  is  in 

Italian  except  the  last  statute,  f.  1 1 8  (b),  "  De  modo  summendi 

denuncias  contra  blasphematores,"  and  the  usual  oath  and  date 

on  f.  119:  Jurasti  honorem,  iff  proficuum  dominij  nostri  eundo, 

stando,  et  redeundo: 

Datj  In  nfo  ducali  Palatio  die  xvij  Julij.  Indict,  v.  M.  D. 

xxxxvij 

H.  Murianus, 

Secret. 

The  headings  and  initials  of  the  statutes  are  in  red.  The  first 
page  is  elaborately  painted  by  a  skilful  artist.  It  is  framed  by 
a  narrow  band  of  crimson  edged  with  gold;  in  the  upper  half 
is  a  large  medallion  with  a  portrait  of  Morosini  at  the  right; 
he  has  a  short  brown  beard  and  wears  a  purple  gown  edged 
with  white  fur  fastened  up  to  his  throat;  his  hands  are  clasped 
in  adoration;  above,  in  the  centre,  the  Trinity;  a  little  lower, 
at  the  left,  the  Madonna  and  Child;  below,  a  landscape  rep- 
resenting a  walled  town  by  the  sea  with  green  fields  in  the  fore- 
ground and  blue  hills  in  the  distance.  Below  this  medallion 
is  a  small  yellow  cartouche  with  the  few  words  of  text  in  gold 
on  a  crimson  ground;  in  a  small  space  between  the  medallion 
and  the  cartouche,  the  Lion  of  St.  Mark  in  gold  on  a  crimson 
ground.  Below  the  cartouche  is  another  medallion,  in  which 
on  a  cartouche  suspended  by  a  ribbon  against  a  landscape  back- 
ground are  emblazoned  the  Morosini  arms.  The  rest  of  the 
page  has  a  black  ground  on  which  are  graceful  foliated  scrolls 
in  gold  with  flowers  in  blue  and  violet,  a  laurel  branch  in  gold 
at  the  left  of  the  cartouche  containing  the  text,  a  palm  branch 
at  the  right.  At  the  extreme  left,  below  the  large  medallion, 
are  the  v/ords  "anno  ^tatis,"  and  at  the  right,  "xxxxv." 

COMMISSIONE  DUCALE 

Commission  appointing  Antonio  Bragadini  (?) 
Podesta  of  Noale.  Vellum,  9  x  6i,  fF.  1804-2; 
23  lines  to  a  page;  cent,  xvi  (1578);  in  Italian, 
written  at  Venice  in  a  very  clear  cursive  hand. 
Original  red  morocco  binding,  with  gold  tooling; 

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in  an  oval  on  the  front  cover  the  Lion  of  St.  Mark 
is  cut  and  gilded;  similarly, on  the  reverse  cover, 
the  Bragadini  arms  are  cut  and  emblazoned.  On 
the  inside  of  the  cover,  Mr.  C.  E.  Norton  has 
written  in  pencil :  Probably  Anton  Bragadin,  son  of 
Marcaufonioy  the  hero  and  martyr  of  Famagosta  in 
1 57 1  (cf  c.  1 60  b).  The  shield  on  the  cover  is  that  of 
the  Bragadini. 

Collation:  i  fly-leaf  {paper\  i^°-l8^°y  I  fly-leaf  {paper). 
The  jf.  are  numbered  through  16 J. 

Contents: 

f.j  {b).  Nos  Nicola vs  De  Ponte  Dei  Gratia  DvxVenetiaruJ 

Etc.  Commettemo 

a  te  Nobil  huomo  ,  diletto  Cittadin, 

ct  fidel  nostro,  che  in  buona  gratia  uadi  et  sij  Podesta  di  nostro 

commandameto  di  Noal  per  mesi  xvi  ... 

The  name  which  was  written  in  has  been  erased  here  and  also 
on  f,  168.  The  usual  date  with  the  signature  of  the  Secretary, 
which  should  follow  the  oath  (f.  167  b)  is  lacking,  suggesting 
that  after  the  Commission  had  been  written  and  illuminated, 
something  prevented  its  delivery. 

f.171.  Repertorivm. 

Decorations: 

On  f.  I  (b)  the  words  **Nos  .  .  .  Commettemo"  are  in  gold. 

The  headings  and  initials  of  the  statutes  are  in  red  or  violet. 

The  chief  decoration  is  on  the  first  page,  which  is  entirely  filled 
by  a  picture  in  a  heavy  ornate  oval  gold  frame.  The  small  spaces 
at  the  corners  and  an  escutcheon  at  the  bottom  are  filled  in 
with  purple.  The  picture  represents  St.  Mark,  in  a  yellow  tunic 
and  violet  mantle,  presenting  the  new  official  to  the  Madonna 
and  Child.  The  handsome  but  swarthy  official  wears  a  crimson 
gown  lined  with  brown  fur,  and  is  apparently  kneeling  in  ado- 
ration. The  head  of  the  Lion  is  squeezed  in  between  him  and 
the  Virgin,  who  is  seated  at  the  left,  her  right  hand  clasped  to 
her  breast,  her  left  hand  supporting  the  Child,  who  leans  for- 
ward in  an  attitude  of  benediction. The  Madonna  wears  a  crim- 
son gown  and  a  blue  mantle  which  covers  her  head.  The  Child 

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Stands  on  a  white  cushion  on  a  pedestal  of  green  and  white 
marble;  in  His  left  hand  He  holds  a  small  gold  cross.  A  green 
curtain  is  draped  behind  the  Virgin,  partly  concealing  a  column 
on  a  high  base;  above,  in  the  centre,  the  symbol  of  the  Holy 
Ghost  in  irradiated  clouds;  a  landscape  in  the  background. 

CAPITOLARE  DEL  CONSIGLIERE  MARC 
ANTONIO  LOREDAN 

Vellum,  94  X  62,  fF.47  +  i;  19  lines  to  a  page;  cent. 
XVII  (1607);  written  in  a  commonplace  cursive 
hand.  Original  crimson  velvet  binding.  The  Lore- 
dan  arms  are  stamped  on  the  bottom  off.  i.  On 
the  fly-leaf  Mr.  C.  E.  Norton  has  written  in  pen- 
cil :  Doge  Leonardo  Dona  to  1 606-1 612.  These  Capi- 
tolari  of  the  Counsellors  of  the  Doge  are  of  great  rar- 
ity y  which  is  to  be  accounted  for  probably  by  their  be- 
ing returned  to  the  Ducal  Chancery  by  the  Counsellor 
at  the  close  of  his  term  of  service.  (See  Cheney,  "  Re- 
marks on  the  Illuminated  Official  Manuscripts  of 
the  Venetian  Republic,"  p.  50.) 

Collation:  i  fly-leaf  (^paper\  /'°-5'°  (<?,  p,  70,  wanting). 
Theff.  are  numbered  except  the  last.,  which  should  be  ^7;  this 
number  has  been  put  on  f.  ^(5,  and  number  ^6  is  omitted. 
Several  quires  have  been  torn  out  at  the  back.,  presumably  the 
'■^ pr omission e"  of  the  Doge;  something  is  also  missing  at  the 
front.,  but  probably  only  an  illuminated  leaf.  The  Capitolare 
is  intact.  It  begins: 

Givro  lo  Marc'  Anto.  Loredan  Consegliero  di  venetia  del  ses- 
tier  de  staS  #  alii  santi  euangeli  di  Dio,  che  per  fino  che  sar6 
conseglier  conseglier6  .  .  . 
The  first  statute  is  as  follows : 

Di  hauer  k  casa  il  capitolar. 
Ancora  son  obbligato  hauer  i  casa  un  capitolar  in  scriptis,  et 
leggerlo  tutto,  ouero  farmelo  legger  almeno  una  fiata  al  mese, 
et  similmente  la  promissione  del  ser"?"  Principe,  et  quella  leg- 

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Capitolare,  etc.  (continued) 

ger,  ouero  farmi  legger  almeno  una  fiata  ogni  do'  mesi  ct  quando 
sari  aggionto  ad  esso  capitolar  qualche  cosa  debbo  sopra  esso 
capitolar  quanto  piu  presto  potr6  farlo  sopra  esso  capitolar  scriver 
con  buona  fede,  et  otto  giorni  auanti  il  finir  della  mia  conse- 
glicria  son  tenuto  restituir  esso  capitolar,  et  promissione. 

The  Capitolare  is  dated  and  signed  at  the  end  : 

M:  DC  vij 

Flaminio  Barbaro 
Nodaro  Ducal. 

There  are  no  decorations  except  that  the  first  words  on  f.  i ,  in- 
cluding the  initial  of  "  Consegliero,"  are  in  gold. 

CAPITOLARE  DI  FRANCESCO  CONTA- 
RINI,  Procuratore  di  San  Marco 
Vellum,  1 1  X  7*,  fF.  1 6 1  +  6 ;  20  lines  to  a  page ; 
cent.  XVII  (i  6 1 5);  partly  in  Latin,  partly  in  Italian, 
written  in  a  fine  cursive  hand.  Original  crimson 
velvet  binding,  the  clasps  missing.  On  the  first  fly- 
leaf Mr.  Norton  has  written  in  pencil:  "  The  Capi- 
tolari  of  the  Procurators  are  not  common  ^  some  have 
great  beauty  in  the  illumination. "  Cheney^  Remarks 
on  ilium,  Venetian  Mss.^p.  61. 

Collation:  j  fiy-leaves  {^aper\  7^(4-7),  2^°-l6^°,  ^7^iJ 
fly-leaves  (^paper).  Beginning  with  the  text  of  the  statutes^ 
f  2^^  the  book  is  paged  from  I  to  2^6;  the  last  10  jf.  are 
not  numbered. 

Contents: 

f.  3  {J>).  Nel  nome  del  SigF  Dio;  Incomincia  la  Tauola  della 

Comission  del  Clar'^°Signor  Franc?  ContariniCauI  fudel  Clar™:° 
Sig^  Bertuci  eletto  Prod  adi  xi  Decembre  i6i  5.  sotto  il  Princi- 
pato  del  Ser"]°  D.  D.  Giouani  Bembo  .  .  . 
The  list  of  statutes  begins  on  the  following  page  and  fills  26 
pages;  it  is  followed  by  13  blank  pages. 

/  23  (J?).  IVRAMENTVM  Clarissimorum  Dominorum  Pro- 
curatorum  Sancti  Marci  dc  citra  Canali'. 

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Capitolare,  etc.  (continued) 

The  statutes  begin  on  the  next  page,  numbered  i ;  originally 
they  filled  276  pages;  there  are  five  pages  and  two  lines  of  addi- 
tions, followed  by  seven  blank  leaves. 

Decorations : 

f.  2  {b).  Full-page  picture,  St.  Francis  presenting  the  new  official 
to  the  Madonna  and  Child.  The  Procurator,  gray  and  bearded, 
kneels  in  adoration  at  the  right;  he  wears  a  scarlet  gown  edged 
with  ermine,  and  a  band  of  scarlet  and  gold  brocade  hangs  over 
his  left  arm;  the  Madonna,  seated  on  a  throne,  wears  a  crimson 
gown,  blue  mantle,  and  white  veil;  the  Child  is  seated  on  a 
green  cushion  on  her  lap.  His  right  hand  raised  in  benediction. 

The  group  is  arranged  on  a  marble-paved  terrace,  with  a  bal- 
ustrade; landscape  background.  The  picture  is  enclosed  in  a 
massive  rococo  frame  of  gold,  crimson,  and  blue,  with  the  Lion 
of  St.  Mark  above,  and  the  Contarini  arms  in  a  cartouche  below; 
the  spaces  around  the  frame  are  filled  in  with  purple,  marked 
off  into  small  panels  by  lines  of  gold. 

f.  3  {b).  Elaborate  gold  frame  around  the  text,  which  is  in  gold; 
at  the  top  of  the  frame,  a  cherub's  head  with  blue  wings  ;  tas- 
selled  blue  festoons  hang  from  the  top  and  bottom  of  the  frame. 
f.  4.  A  similar,  but  simpler  gold  frame,  broken  at  the  bottom. 
The  initial  G,  in  gold  on  a  square  blue  ground,  filled  with 
an  arabesque  in  gold;  the  rest  of  this  first  item  of  the  index  is  in 
gold. 

f.  23  (3),  p.  I.  Similar  gold  frames,  with  masks  in  the  centre  of 
the  top  and  bottom;  on  p.  i,  there  are  also  masks  on  the  sides. 
The  headings  of  the  statutes  are  in  red,  and  the  initials  in  gold. 

CAPITOLARE    DEL   CONSIGLIERE    PIE- 
TRO  BENEDETTO 

Vellum,  9  X  6i,  fF.  59  -H  4;  20  lines  to  a  page;  cent. 
XVII  (1622);  written  in  an  ordinary  cursive  hand. 
Binding:  Purple  velvet  with  silk  tapes.  On  the 
inside  of  the  cover,  the  autograph  of  C.  E.  Nor- 
ton, and  a  note  written  by  him. 

Collation:  2fiy-leaves  {paper)^  i^°-6^°  (^10  wanting),  2  fly- 
leaves i^paper).  The  ff.  are  numbered  through  50. 

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Capitolare,  etc.  (continued) 

Contents  : 

The  Capitolare  begins  on  f,  i  (b)  with  the  usual  oath :  Givro 
lo  PiETRO  Benedetto  Consiglier  di  Venetia  del  sestier  di  Ca- 
naregio  .  .  .  The  statutes  fill  48  fF.  and  part  of  the  49th,  and  are 
dated  and  signed  at  the  end  as  follows :  Datj  in  N'ro  Ducali 
Palatio  Die  ultima  Decembris,  Ind'?^  vj.  M.  DC.  xxij. 

Giulio  Corona 

Nod°.  Ducale. 

The  Rvbrica  begins  on  f.  5  i  and  fills  8  pages ;  the  last  five  fF.  are 
blank. 

Decorations: 

f.  I.  Full-page  illumination  enclosed  by  a  rectangular  gold 
band.  In  the  centre  is  a  large  medallion  framed  by  gold  scrolls 
and  divided  just  above  the  middle  by  a  gold  band ;  in  the 
upper  portion  is  the  Lion  of  St.  Mark  in  gold  with  crimson  and 
green  wings,  against  a  landscape  background,  symbolic  of  Ven- 
ice. In  the  lower  portion,  against  a  pale  yellow  ground  is  a  car- 
touche of  crimson,  blue,  and  gold,  with  the  Benedetto  arms;  a 
red  ribbon,  ending  in  tassels,  encircles  a  laurel  branch  at  the 
left,  and  a  palm  branch  at  the  right.  From  the  eight  points  in 
the  frame  of  the  medallion  spring  foliated  scrolls  in  green,  blue, 
crimson,  and  very  dark  red;  in  the  upper  corners  are  small  pea- 
cocks, in  the  lower  corners,  cocks;  arranged  around  the  medal- 
lion are  two  birds,  two  bees,  two  lady-birds,  and  two  butterflies. 

On  the  verso  of  this  folio,  the  words  "  Givro  lo  Pietro  Bene- 
detto C"  are  in  gold,  the  G  decorated  with  gold  flourishes. 

COMMISSIONE  DUCALE 

Commission  appointing  Giovanni  Barbaro  Po- 
desta  of  Chioggia.  Vellum,  9  x  62^,  fF.  121  +  2;  17 
lines  to  a  page;cent.xviii(i768);written  in  a  rapid 
cursive  hand.  Binding:  Purple  velvet,  with  silk 
tapes. 

Collation:  i  fiy-leaf  {paper\  /'°  (/o  canc>j^  2^,  j\  /,  /% 
dS  7^  8^,  p^  70^  //^,  12^-16^,  I  fly-leaf  {paper), 

f.  2.  Aloysius  Mocenico  Dei  Gratia  Dux  Venetiarum  ETC. 
Commettiamo  a  Te  Nobil  Huomo  Zuanne  Barbaro  fii  de  M  : 
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Almor6  Proc?  Diletto  Cittadino  e  fedel  nostro  che  in  nome 
del  Signer  Nostro  Giesi  Christo  vadi,  e  sij  de  Nostro  mandato 
Podestd  a  Chioza  .  .  . 

The  statutes  begin  on  f.  3  and  end  onf.  11 8,  dated  and  signed  as 
follows:  Data  in  Nfo  Ducali  Palatio  Die  9  Giunj  Indictione 
p-H*  MDCCLXVIII. 

Fran1°  Vincenti  Fosca"? 
Seg".°  alle  Voci. 
The  last  three  fF.  are  blank. 

On  the  verso  of  f.  I  is  a  full-page  picture  as  a  frontispiece.  The 
patron  saint  of  the  new  official  presents  him  to  the  Madonna 
and  Child ;  the  saint  stands  at  the  left  looking  up  at  the  Ma- 
donna and  indicating  his  protege  with  his  right  hand;  he  wears 
the  alb  and  a  yellow  chasuble,  and  a  cross  leans  against  his  right 
shoulder;  Barbaro  kneels  at  the  right,  a  young  man  in  a  scarlet 
gown  and  long  white  curled  peruke;  between  them,  the  head 
and  one  paw  of  the  Lion  of  St.  Mark,  holding  an  escutcheon 
with  the  Barbaro  arms;  above, against  a  pale  yellow  background, 
is  the  Madonna  in  a  crimson  gown,  blue  mantle,  and  white  veil, 
seated  on  a  cloud  and  supporting  with  both  hands  the  Child,  who 
stands  on  the  cloud. 

On  f.  2,  the  words  "Aloysius  .  .  .ETC."  and  "Zuanne  .  .  . 
Proc?"  are  in  gold. 

COMMISSIONE  DUCALE 

Commission  appointing  Giovanni  Bolani  Podesta 
of  Chioggia.  Vellum,  8i  x  62,  fF.  159  -f  4;  19  lines 
to  a  page;  cent,  xviii  (17 18);  written  in  a  rapid 
cursive  hand.  Original  binding,  embossed  silver 
sides,  crimson  and  gold  brocade  back,  with  the 
Doge's  seal  in  a  silver  case  attached  by  a  crimson 
and  yellow  cord  and  tassel;  on  the  front  cover, 
Venice  enthroned  beneath  a  canopy,  at  her  feet, 
the  Bolani  arms,  at  the  right,  the  Lion  of  St. 
Mark  with  the  open  book ;  on  the  reverse  cover, 
the  Lion  rampant  guardant,  standing  on  a  mili- 

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tary  trophy  and  holding  palm-branches.  The 
clasps  are  modern. 

Collation :  2fiy-leaves {paper)^  I '°(  +  /)» 2'°-Ij'°,  l6', 2jiy- 
leaves  {paper). 

f.  2.  loANNEs  Gjrnelio  Dei  Gra"  Dvx  Venetia:j  Etc.  Com- 
mettemo  i  T^,  Nobil  Homo  Ioanne  Bolani  Fv  de  Fran: 
Diletto  Cittadin,  e  fedel  nostro  che  in  nome  del  Sign  or  Nostro 
Giesu  Christo  uadi  e  sij  de  nostro  mandato  Podesta  k  Chioza. 
The  statutes  begin  on  f.  3  and  end  on  f.  155,  dated  and  signed 
as  follows :  Datj  in  Nostro  Ducali  Palatio  Die  secunda  Mensis 
Septembris,  Indictione  Duodecima  M.  D.  C.C.  xv.  iii. 

Marin  Acerbi 
Seg^'°  alle  Voci. 
The  last  4  fF.  are  blank. 

On  the  verso  of  f.  i  is  a  full-page  picture  as  a  frontispiece.  The 
new  official  is  presented  by  his  patron  saint  to  the  Madonna 
and  Child.  St.  John  stands  at  the  right,  wearing  a  vermilion 
tunic  and  green  mantle,  and  holding  a  chalice;  in  front  of  him 
kneels  Bolani,  in  a  crimson  gown  and  long  white  curled  per- 
uke; the  Madonna  is  seated  on  a  throne  at  the  left;  she  wears 
a  crimson  dress,  blue  mantle,  and  white  veil;  the  Child  is  seated 
on  her  lap;  at  her  feet,  the  head  and  shoulders  of  the  Lion  of 
St.  Mark,  holding  an  escutcheon  on  which  are  emblazoned  the 
Bolani  arms.  In  the  background,  a  column  and  a  purple  hanging. 

The  words "  loannes  Cornelio  .  .  .  Etc."  and  "  Ioanne  Bolani 
fv  de  Fran : "  are  in  gold. 

DEGREE  OF  DOCTOR  OF  LAWS 

Degree  conferred  on  Carlo  Vicentini  by  the  Uni- 
versity of  Padua.  Vellum,  9^  x  6»,  fF.  4  4-  4 ;  3  7  lines 
to  a  page;  cent,  xvii  (1690);  written  in  a  small 
Roman  hand.  Old  morocco  binding  with  elabo- 
rate gold  tooling,  and  seal  of  Cardinal  Barbarigo 
in  a  tin  case,  attached  by  a  silk  cord. 
Collation:  2fiy-leaves  (jtaper)^  /^,  2fiy-leaves  {paper). 


44 


Degree,  etc.  (continued) 

The  Degree  is  dated  near  the  end,  Afio  Xpi  MDCXC.  Ind. 
XIII  die  lovis  XII,  Octobris.  It  is  written  in  black  and  gold. 

Decorations : 

y.  I  (6).  In  the  centre,  Pallas,  with  a  portrait  of  Vicentini  on 
her  shield,  the  owl  on  a  branch  nearby;  in  a  cartouche  above, 
St.  Anthony  of  Padua;  below,  two  peacocks;  the  rest  of  the  page 
is  filled  with  scrolls  in  blue  and  gold,  with  a  large  rose  and 
another  flower  at  the  right,  and  two  flowers  at  the  left. 
y.  2.  Similar  decoration  and  arrangement,  but  the  central  picture 
is  replaced  by  the  beginning  of  the  text;  in  the  cartouche  above, 
the  Virgin ;  instead  of  the  large  flowers,  there  are  at  the  right  a 
pomegranate  and  strawberries,  and  at  the  left,  pears  and  filberts. 
f.  2  {b),  3,3  (J>)-  These  three  pages  are  decorated  alike,  with 
a  border  of  blue  and  gold  scrolls  around  each  page;  in  the  mid- 
dle of  each  side  border  is  an  insect,  a  bee,  spider,  etc. 
f.  4.  The  Vicentini  arms;  below,  laurel  and  palm  branches  tied 
with  red  ribbon;  in  the  upper  right  corner,  a  fly;  in  the  lower 
corners,  at  the  right,  a  lady-bird,  at  the  left,  an  ant. 

PRIVILEGIUM  AROMATARIORUM 

Diploma  of  Donato  Dardi.  yellum,  9  x  6i,  ff. 
6  +  2;  23  lines  to  a  page;  cent,  xviii  (1745);  in 
a  clear  Roman  hand.  Original  binding,  brown 
morocco  with  gold  and  blind  tooling,  the  seal  in  a 
leather-covered  tin  box,  attached  by  a  silk  cord. 
Collation:  i  fiy-leaf  {j^aper)^  /^,  I Jly-leaf  {paper). 

Contents: 

f.  I.  Title:  Privilegium  Aromatarlorum. 

f.3.  In  Christi  Salvatoris  Nostri,  Beatissimaeq,.  Virginis  Matris 

Mariae  Nomine,  Amen. 

Uniuersis,  et  Singulis  has  Nostras  uisuris,  et  lecturis  Nos  Justi- 

tiarij  Veteres  pro  Serma  Veneta  Republica,  significamus,  et  haru 

serie  fidem  facimus,  Qualiter  die  infrascripta  datarum  pr§- 

sentium  Conuocatum  fuit  Magistratus  edicto  Aromatariorum 

huius  Inclyt^  Ciuitatis  Collegium,  sicut  moris  est,  requirente 

Domini  Donate  Dardi  fuit  Appolonij,  Piranensi  quo  de  eius 

Sufficientia,  et  Doctrina  in  Arte  Aromataria  periculum  fieret . . . 

45 


Privilegium  Aromatariorum  (continued) 

At  the  end,  Actum,  et  Dactum  [sic']  Venetiis  in  Magistratu  Nos- 
tro  Die  18  Mensis  Junij  Anno  1745,  followed  by  the  signa- 
tures of  the  examiners,  Zfie  Dolfin,  Marin  Bembo,  Almor6 
Tiepolo,  and  below,  Gio.  Notta  .  .  .  dello  Nod? 
y.J.  After  a  repetition  of  the  invocation  on  f.  3: 
Die  XI  Mensis  Junij  1 745.  Congregato  Honorando  Collegio  D: 
D:  Pharmacopolorum  huius  Ciuitatis  in  consueto  Loco  nostro 
Reductionis,  ad  Examinandum  et  Approbandum  Dominum 
Donat'"?  Dardi  fuit  Appolonij,  Piranensem,  et  interfuerunt  D  : 
Julius  Nuccio  ad  duos  Angelos,  Prior,  D:  Philippus  Ongarato  ad 
Citru  Imperiale,  D:  Joseph  Gierardi  ad  duos  Montes,  Consilia- 
rij,  D:  Joseph  Vicentini  ad  duos  Delphynos  Aureos,  D:  Francis- 
cusRepiglia  adS.  Blasiu,Syndici,D:  Jacobus  Fantuzzi  ad  S :  Lau- 
ren tiumJustinianum,D:  Joseph  Guadagnini  adDucem,D:  Lau- 
rentius  Gorgazini  ad  Veterem,  Adiuncti ...  At  the  end,  the  signa- 
tures of  these  examiners,  and  below,  that  of  Antonius  Scarmolini 
Pharmacopola  ad  signum  Sancti  Hijeronimi,  Cancellarius. 

Decorations: 

The  Diploma  is  elaborately  decorated;  the  text  is  written  in 
black  and  gold,  and  each  page  is  surrounded  by  a  narrow  gold 
band.  The  title  on  f.  I  is  enclosed  in  a  simple  oval  of  crimson 
edged  with  silver;  this  is  surrounded  by  a  frame  of  blue  and 
gold  scrolls  from  which  is  draped  a  crimson  festoon;  scrolls  in 
blue  and  gold  and  crimson  fill  the  remaining  space. 
On  the  verso  of  f.  I,  enclosed  in  a  simple  geometric  frame, 
Christ  with  the  orb,  blessing;  He  is  seated  on  clouds  against  a 
yellow  background  and  wears  a  crimson  tunic  and  blue  man- 
tle; around  the  frame  are  arabesques  in  many  colours,  vases  of 
flowers,  and  at  the  bottom,  two  griffins.  The  opposite  page  is 
similarly  decorated,  but  with  a  figure  representing  Venice  in  the 
centre. 

The  verso  of  f.  2  is  divided  horizontally  by  a  gold  band;  in  the 
lower  section,  which  is  almost  square,  are  four  crimson  and  gold 
cartouches  tied  by  a  blue  ribbon;  on  these  cartouches  are  the 
arms  of  the  examiners,  Dolfin,  Bembo,  Tiepolo,  and  the  Dolce 
arms;  in  the  rectangular  upper  section  is  the  Lion  of  St.  Mark 
against  the  usual  symbolic  landscape. 

On  the  verso  off.  4  are  eight  similar  cartouches  tied  by  a  blue  rib- 
bon, and  containing  the  emblems  of  the  examiners  in  pharmacy. 

On  the  verso  of  f.  6,  the  Dardi  arms. 
46 


PRIVILEGIUM  IN  ARTE  AROMATARIA 

Diploma  of  Giuseppe  Cavalcaselle.  Vellum, 
8i  X  58,  fF.  6  +  4;  28  lines  to  a  page;  cent,  xvm 
(1757);  in  a  clear  Roman  hand.  Plain  half-mo- 
rocco binding.  Autograph  of  C.  E.  Norton  on  the 
first  fly-leaf. 
Collation:  2  fiy-leaves  {^paper\  /*,  2  Jiy-leaves  {paper). 

Contents  : 

f.  I.  Title:  Privilegium  in  Arte  Aromataria. 
f.  J.  In  Christ!  Salvatoris  Nostri,  Beatissimaeque  Virginis  Ma- 
tris  Mariae  Nomine,  Amen. 

Universis,  et  Singulis  hasce  Nostras  visuris,  et  lecturis  Nos  Jus- 
titiarij  Veteres  pro  Serma  Venetiaru  Republica  significamus,  et 
haru  serie  fidem  facimus,  qualiter  Die  infrascripta  dataru  pr^- 
sentium  convocatus  fuit  Magistratus  edicto  Aromatariorum 
huius  inclyt^  Civitatis  Collegii,  sicuti  moris  est,  requirente  D? 
Joseph  quondam  D?  Sylvestri  Cavalcaselle  Leniacense,  quo  de 
Eius  Sufficientia,  et  Doctrina  in  eadem  Arte  Aromataria  peri- 
culum  fieret  ...  At  the  end,  Actum;  &  Datum  Venetiis  in 
Mag?u  Nostro  die  iv  Mensis  Januarij  Anno  Redemptionis 
Nostra  MDCCLVII.  M.  V.,  followed  by  the  signatures  of  the 
examiners,  Maffio  Badoer,  Marin  Doria,  Lio  Bembo,  and  be- 
low, Frani°  Menegatti  Nod? 

f.^.  After  a  repetition  of  the  invocation  on  f.  3: 
Congregate  Honorando  CoUegio  D:  D:  Pharmacopolorum 
huius  Civitatis  in  consueto  Loco  Nostr?  Reductionis  ad  Exami- 
nandum,  et  Approbandum  D?  Joseph  q.™  D'  Sylvestri  Cavalca- 
selle Leniacensem,  et  interfuerunt  Domini  Franciscus  Grapiglia 
ad  S:  Blasium  Prior,  Marcus  Anton ius  Zoppelli  ad  S:  Francis- 
cum,  Dominicus  Vincenti  ad  S:  Bernardum,  Consiliarij,  Fran- 
ciscus Cavalcaselle  ad  S:  Margaritam,  Joailes  Jacobus  Zanichelli 
ad  Erculem,  Syndici,  Laurenrentius  [sic']  Gorgazini  ad  Vetu- 
1am,  Franciscus  Monti  ad  Cervam  Auream,  Joanes  Bapta  Bon- 
tempo  ad  Rosam  aurea,  Adjunct!  ...  At  the  end,  the  signatures 
of  these  examiners,  and  below,  one  which  looks  like  Jo  Pietro 
Rossi,  scontro. 

Decorations: 

Aside  from  certain  differences  in  the  colours,  the  decoration  is 

exactly  like  that  of  the  earlier  Privilegium  of  Donato  Dardi. 

47 


Prtvilegium,  etc.  (continued) 

The  four  escutcheons  on  the  verso  of  f.  2  bear  the  arms  of 
Malipieri,  Lazari,  Soranzo  (?),  and  Bembo;  the  emblems  of  the 
examiners  in  pharmacy  appear  on  the  verso  of  f.  4,  and  the 
Cavalcaselle  arms  on  the  verso  of  f.  6. 

CRONICA  DE  VENEXIA 

Paper,  i  if  x  8i,  fF.  1 59  +  5 ;  generally  29  lines  to 
a  page;  cent  xv;  written  at  Venice  in  a  cursive 
hand.  Binding:  red  velvet.  On  the  inside  of  the 
cover  is  the  autograph  of  C.  E.  Norton. 

Collation  :  j  fly-leaves^  /'%  2",  J'S  ^'Sj'S  6'\  7'S  <?'^ 
p'-*,  70'*,  //*,  7^'+  (7-^  canc^^  2  fly-leaves.  The  collation  of 
the  last  two  quires  is  difficult  and  may  be  incorrect. 

Contents  : 

f.  I.  Qua  se  tracta  come  attila  flagelum  dei  vene  in  Italia. 

f.  4.  Qua  se  trata  de  li  Re  e  Inparadori  e  de  li  lor  fate  e  morti. 

f.  14.  Qua  se  tracta  de  tuti  li  offitij  e  dignita  de  la  Inclita  Cita 
de  Venexia. 

f.  25.  In  nome  de  dio:  e  del  figliol:  e  del  spirito  sancto:  e  de 
tuti  h  sancti:  e  sancte  de  dio.  Amen. 

Questa  e  la  chronica  de  tuta  la  prouintia  De  Venexia.    - 

f.  142  {b).  Come  domino  Augustin  Barbarigo  fu  fato  Doxe  del 
i486. 

Del  Anno  Mcccc  Ixxxvj.  adi  xxx  de  Agosto.  Agustin  Barbarigo 

fratello  e  successor  del  predito  fu  creado  Doxe  e  vivete  Anni 

(Augustino  Barbarigo  died  in  1501,  but  apparently  the  author 
of  this  chronicle  was  already  dead.) 

The  last  entry  is  at  the  bottom  of  this  same  page:  "Come  del 
1490.  se  veniva  da  Margera  a  venexia  cum  bestie  suxo  la  giaza." 

ff.  143—14^.  These  pages  contain  copies  of  documents  relating 
to  the  sale  to  Venice  of  the  Island  of  Candia  and  of  Salonica  by 
the  **  Marchexe  de  Monferato  "  in  1 204,  and  of  the  Island  of 
Tenedos  by  John  Paleologus. 

f.  145  (^).  List  of  noble  families  of  Venice. 
48 


Cronica  de  Venexia  (continued) 

f.  146.  Queste  sono  tute  le  chasade  de  la  zentili  homini  de  la 
cita  de  Venexia. 

There  follow  twenty-seven  pages  containing  in  double  columns 
a  list  of  the  noble  families  of  Venice,  giving  a  brief  account  of 
their  achievements,  with  their  arms  emblazoned. 

Decorations: 

/.  I  is  decorated  with  a  border  between  gold  bands  down  both 
sides  and  across  the  bottom ;  the  outer  band  extends  across  the 
top.  The  border  is  a  gay  design  of  foliated  scrolls  and  leaf  and 
flower  forms  in  green,  red,  crimson,  blue,  and  gold ;  at  the  bottom, 
in  the  centre  is  a  green  wreath  surrounding  a  blank  shield  on 
a  blue  ground.  The  initial  is  crimson  on  a  square  of  gold ;  its 
centre  is  filled  with  a  design  in  blue,  green,  and  red. 

J\  4f  14,  2J.  These  pages  are  similarly  decorated,  except  that 
the  border  extends  also  across  the  top;  on  fF.  14  and  25,  the 
background  for  the  blank  shield  is  pink;  on  f.  14,  the  heading 
is  written  on  a  ribbon  in  the  border. 

/.  146,  Illuminated  initial  with  foliated  scroll  decoration. 

RELATIONE  BELLA  CITTA  E  REP'^:^  DI 
VENETIA 

Paper,  iiix  8,  fF.  78;  20  lines  to  a  page;  cent. 
XVII ;  written  at  Venice  in  a  cursive  hand.  Bind- 
ing: crimson  velvet. 
Collation :  /'°-<?'°  (p  and  10  cane). 
Contents: 

The  text  begins  on  f.  I :  Relatione  della  citti  e  Repl"  di  Venetia. 

Nella  quale  sono  descritti  li  principij  di  sua  edificatione,  avanza- 

menti  acquisti,  e  perdite  fatte,  gouerno,  riti,  costumi,  dominio, 

forze,  erario,  adherenze  con  Pfipi,  e  difFerenze  con  gl'  Elettori, 

per  causa  di  precedenza. 

On  f.  42  reference  is  made  to  Pesaro,  who  was  Doge,  1658— 

1659. 

At  the  end  are  lists  of  officials  with  their  salaries,  a  detailed  state- 
ment of  the  city's  income  from  various  sources  and  its  expend- 
itures; for  example:  "  Si  numerano  in  capella  ducale  di  S.  Marco 

49 


Relatione,  etc.  (continued) 

38  musici  e  1 2  stroma'  ciascun  de  quali  ha  di  sal?  annuale  50- 
60-70-  e  180  d':',  e  pochi  quei  che  ne  hanno  100,  il  maestro 
di  capella  400,  et  il  p"."  organista  200,  non  li  mancano  per6 
occ"'  di  utilitarsi  e  prouecchiarsi  in  altre  maniere  pche  la  citti 
^  delitiosa  si  che  tutta  la  spesa  di  d?  cappella  non  accede 
D  5000." 
There  are  no  decorations. 

INFELICE  FINE  DE  NOBILI  VENETI 

Paper,  yi  x  5i,  IF.  30  +  2 ;  2 1  lines  to  a  page ;  cent. 
XVII.  Plain  half-leather  binding. 
Collation:  i  fly-leaf ^  i'\  ^'S  J^  I  fly-leaf , 

Contents: 

f.  I.  Infelice  fine  de  Nobili  Veneti. 

A  list  of  executions,  assassinations,  and  fatal  accidents,  from  June, 

1 580,  to  February,  1646.  There  are  three  additional  entries  in 

another  hand,  one  dated  1647,  the  others  1655. 

f.  77.  Notta  di  tutti  quelli  che  morirono  dalla  Peste  li  anni 
1630  et  1631. 

At  the  end:  Questisono  204.  quali  morirono  durante  la  Peste, 
per6  non  tutti  di  Peste. 

f.  24.  Agiunta  tratta  dalli  Libri  della  Saniti. 

A  list  of  twelve  nobles  decapitated  "  fra  le  colonne  per  ordine 
deir  eccelso  Consig.  di  dieci,"  March,  1547-May,  160 1, 

f.  25".  Copy  of  a  letter  to  Pope  Innocent  VI  from  the  Doge 
Giovanni  Delfino,  April  19,  13 57,  justifying  penalties  inflicted 
on  various  persons  who,  by  false  witness,  etc.,  attemped  to  shield 
Nicoletto,  natural  son  of  Nicol6  Morosini,  Bishop  of  Castello, 
and  Margarita  Gallina,  from  punishment  for  killing  a  man  in 
the  Episcopal  garden. 

f.  2g.  Religiosi  Banditi,  e  Giustiziati. 

This  list  and  the  letter  to  Pope  Innocent  VI  are  in  a  third  hand. 
There  are  four  additions  to  this  list  in  the  same  hand  as  the  addi- 
tions to  the  first  list  in  the  book. 
There  are  no  decorations. 


50 


LIBRO  DE  NOBILI 

Paper,  5I  x  4,  fF.  232  +  6;  cent,  xvii;  written  at 
Venice  in  a  small  hand,  not  easily  read.  Bind- 
ing: brown  calf  with  cover-title:  "Italian  arms." 
Book-plate  of  Charles  EHot  Norton. 

Collation:  J  Jiy-leaves^  7^(  +  7),  2^-^^  {y  canc.)^  6^-16^  {^ 
and  ^  cane.).,  i'f-28^^  2gf'^jo^,  j  Jly-leaves. 

In  the  foliation^  which  begins  with  I  on  f,  /j,  noi,  jo,  Ii5t 
116^  222,  and  22^  are  omitted. 

Contents  : 

f.  I.  Title :  Libro  de  Nobili  con  li  nomi,  che  sono  nati  sino 
1659.  Tutti  li  sponsalitij,  et  d-  Casata  in  Casata  la  sua  arma, 
che  in  tutte  sono  n^  221. 
f.J.InJex. 

f.  13  {numbered  l).  Alphabetical  list  of  families,  with  their  arms 
emblazoned. 

PRATTICA  DELLE  CORTI  DEL  PALAZZO 
DI  VENETIA 

Paper,  6  x  48 ;  ff.  1 60  -I-  4 ;  1 9  lines  to  a  page ;  cent. 
xvii;  written  at  Venice  in  a  small  cursive  hand. 
Original  parchment  binding.  Book-plate  of  the 
Earl  of  Guildford.  On  the  second  fly-leaf,  E.  C. 
London  Aug.  1 883;  below, in  Mr.  Norton's  writing, 
E.  C.=^  Edward  Cheney^  then  John  Ruskins.  NoWy 
1900,  C.  E.  Norton's;  below,  Mine,  now,  1903,  Isa- 
bella  Stewart  Gardner. 

Collation:  The  book  is  so  tightly  bound  that  it  does  not  admit 
of  collation.  The  first  7^5  ff.  are  numbered  consecutively ; 

ff.  67-68 y  73-7 4->  H7-H^^  ^53-^54^^  i55-i5^  ^^^' 
never  been  cut. 

Contents: 

f.  I.  Title:  Prattica  delle  Corti  del  Palazzo  di  Venetia. 

f.  2.  Petitione. 

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Prattica,  etc.  (continued) 

f.  27.  Indice  della  Pratt:  del  Petit: 

f.  30.  Essaminador. 

f.  JO.  Indice  della  Pratt:  del  Essaminador. 

f.  J2.  Blank. 

f.  JJ.  Forestier. 

f.  66.  Indice  della  Pratt:  del  Forestier. 

/  68.  Blank  {uncut). 

f.  6p.  Mobile. 

y.  7J.  Indice  della  Prattica  del  Mobile. 

/  74.  Blank  (uncut). 

f.  yj.  Procurator. 

f.  J06.  Indice  della  prattica  del  Procurator. 

Jl  log.  Proprio. 

f.  144.  Indice  della  prattica  del  Proprio. 

/  148.  Blank  {uncut). 

f.  I4g.  Indice  delli  ofP.J  et  Corti  del  Palazzo. 

f.  J  JO.  Indice  della  Prattica  delle  corti  del  Palazzo  di  Venetia. 

(This  general  index  only  goes  through  the  letter  B.) 

ff.  IJ2-160.  Blank. 


52 


BOOKBINDINGS 


BOOKBINDINGS 
BAUZONNET 

Discovrs  loyevx  des  Friponniers  et  Friponnieres.  A  Rwen^ 
Che%  Richard  Aubert,  \reimpression^  Paris ^  Pinard,  ^Sji. 
I  vol. 

Full  brown  straight-grained  morocco;  on  the 
sides,  a  band  of  arabesque  design  between  double 
fillets,  the  whole  enclosed  by  double  fillets,  the 
band  broken  at  the  corners  by  lines  connecting 
the  corners  of  the  inside  and  outside  fillets;  in 
the  centre,  the  "arms"  of  Audenet;  tooled  back; 
inside  fillets;  uncut  edges.  7  x  ^i. 

BAUZONNET-TRAUTZ 

La  Puce  de  Madame  Des-Roches  qvi  est  vn  Recveil  de 
Divers  Poenies  .  .  .  composes  .  .  .  avx  Grans  lours  tenus  a 
Poitiers  TAn  M.D.LXXIX.  Paris,  1582.  i  vol. 

Violetcrushed  levant  morocco;  triple  fillet  on  the 
sides;  tooled  back;  inside  borders;  gilt  marbled 
edges.  8il  X  5^. 

See  also  Trautz-Bauzonnet. 
BEDFORD,  FRANCIS 

Dante  Alighieri.  Comento  di  Christophoro  Landino  Fioren- 
tino,  sopra  la  Comedia  di  Danthe  Alighieri  poeta  Florentine. 
Firenze,  I ^8 1.  I  vol. 

Full  brown  crushed  levant  morocco  extra ;  on  the 
sides,  a  gold  fillet  with  a  wide  and  a  narrow  blind 
fillet,  succeeded  by  the  same  combination  of  fillets 
with  an  arabesque  ornament  at  the  exterior  cor- 

55 


Bedford,  Francis  (continued) 
ners,  succeeded  again  by  the  same  fillets  with  fleur- 
ons  at  the  exterior  corners  and  a  small  arabesque 
at  the  interior  corners;  in  each  panel  of  the  back, 
a  double  fillet  with  an  arabesque  ornament  in  the 
centre;  inside  fillets;  gilt  edges.  i6ii  x  ii. 

BOZERIAN  Jeune 

Martialis.  Fenetiis.  In  Jedibvs  Aldi^  1501.  I  vol. 

Full  blue  straight-grained  morocco ;  on  the  sides, 
a  chain  of  circular  links  between  double  fillets 
which  cross  forming  squares  at  the  corners;  in 
each  square  is  a  quatrefoil ;  the  back  entirely  cov- 
ered with  tooling;  inside  meander  border;  gilt 
edges.  6tV  x  34. 

BRIGHTWELL 

Msop.  The  Fables  of  Msop^  and  others^  with  designs  on  wood^ 
by  Thomas  Bewick.  The  second  edition.  Newcastle^  Printed  by 
E.  Walker^  for  T.  Bewick  and  Son^  18 2J.  I  vol. 

Contemporary  binding,  full  blue  calf;  on  the 
sides,  a  wide  border  is  marked  off  by  double  fillets 
which  cross  forming  squares  at  the  corners ;  in  each 
square  is  a  lyre ;  in  the  border  a  fleuron  and  a  lace 
motif  alternate;  within  the  central  panel  is  a  blind 
tooled  border*  82x54. 

BYZANTINE 

Enamelled  copper  placque  from  a  book  cover,  rep- 
resenting the  Crucifixion ;  the  figure  of  the  Christ, 
the  heads  of  the  Virgin,  St.  John,  and  two  angels 
are  in  relief.  9  x  4^. 

56 


CAP£ 

Le  Girofflier  aux  Dames.  Imprime  a  parts  par  Michel  lenoir. 
[«.^.]  I  vol. 

Red  crushed  levant  morocco;  on  the  sides,  a  re- 
naissance medallion  with  azured  ground;  inside, 
simple  scroll  border  between  double  fillets;  gilt 
edges.  7ui  x  5!. 

CHAMBOLLE-DURU 

Z)*  Urfe^  Honor'e.  Le  Sireine.  'Jouxte  la  coppie  imprimmee 
A  Paris.,  Chez  lean  Micard^  16 18.  I  vol. 

Full  blue  crushed  levant  morocco;  on  the  sides 
three  fillets  and  in  the  centre  a  dentelle  lozenge; 
tooled  back;  inside  borders;  gilt  edges.  6x34. 

' —  ^Hamilton^  Jntoine.'\  Memoires  de  la  Vie  du  Comte  de 
Grammont i  contenant  particuli'erement  rhistoire  amour euse 
de  la  cour  d'Jngleterre.,  sous  le  regne  de  Charles  II.  A  Co- 
logne., Chex  Pierre  Marteau.,  ^7^3'  '  vol. 

Full  blue  crushed  levant  morocco  extra,  Jansen- 
iste  style;  inside  borders;  gilt  edges.  62  x  3!. 

—  yoinville.,  yean  de.  La  Croniqve  du  treschrestien  et  vic- 
torieux  Roy  Lays  vnziesme  du  nam.  Paris,  Ijs8.  I  vol. 

Full  blue  crushed  levant  morocco,  with  the  arms 
of  France  on  the  sides ;  inside  border,  a  scroll  be- 
tween double  fillets ;  gilt  edges.  61  x  54. 

—  Marot.,  Clement.  Les  (Evvres  de  Clement  Marot.  Paris., 
iSyi'  I  vol. 

Full  brown  crushed  levant  morocco  extra;  on  the 
sides,  blind  strap  succeeded  by  a  similar  strap  with 
gold  fleurons  at  the  corners,  gold  arabesque  in  the 

57 


Chambolle-Duru  (continued) 
centre ;  gold  ornament  in  the  centre  of  each  panel 
of  the  back;  inside  arabesque  border  between 
triple  fillets;  gilt  edges.  4!  x  3!. 
See  also  Duru  et  Chambolle. 

CLARKE  &  BEDFORD 

Aristotle.  Aristotelis  de  Arte  Rhetorica  Lib.  tres.  Ad  Alex- 
andru  de  Rhetorica  Lib,  unus.  De  Poetica  Lib.  unus.  Ve- 
netijs.,  I^j6.  I  vol. 

Full  brown  morocco;  on  the  sides,  blind  fillets, 
succeeded  by  a  gold  fillet  between  blind  fillets 
forming  a  panel  with  gold  leaves  at  the  exterior 
corners  and  small  roses  at  the  interior  corners; 
a  smaller  size  of  the  leaf  in  each  panel  of  the 
back;  inside  fillet;  gilt  edges.  6x4. 
Edward  VPs  copy^  with  his  autograph. 

— Malvasia^  Carlo  Cesar e.  Felsina  Pittrice^  Vite  de  Pittori 
Bolognesi.  Bologna^  i6y8.  2  vols. 

Light  brown  calf  with  a  double  fillet  at  the  edge 

of  the  sides ;  tooled  back.  9^  x  6i. 

l^he  poet  Gray^s  copy^  with  marginal  notes  by  him. 

DE  COVERLY,  ROGER 

\^Foresti,  Jacobus  Philippus.'\  De  plurimis  claris  sceletisq^ 
Mulieribus.  Ferrarie^  ^497'  ^  ^^l* 
Full  citron  crushed  levant  morocco  extra;  on  the 
sides,  between  double  fillets,  a  simple  arabesque 
design  with  detached  rings  of  two  alternating  sizes 
on  either  side;  tooled  back;  inside,  two  fillets  with 
leaves  at  the  exterior  corners  of  the  inner  fillet; 
gilt  edges.  lii  x  8i. 

f 


De  Coverly,  Roger  (continued) 

—  Leaves  from  a  Missal  of  Clement  VII.  MS. 

Full  dark  blue  crushed  levant  morocco  extra, 
Janseniste  style,  double  with  purple  watered  silk; 
elaborate  inside  border,  consisting  of  a  chain  of 
alternating  circular  and  elongated  links,  each  link 
inlaid  with  red  morocco  tooled  in  gold ;  the  edges 
of  the  silk  doublure  are  tooled  with  crescents  and 
fillets  in  gold;  gilt  edges.  lyl  x  134. 

DEROME 

Lucretius  Carus,  Titus.  Delia  Natura  delle  Cose.  In  Am- 
sterdamo  [Paris)^  ^754-  ^  vols. 

Crimson  morocco,  with  a  wide  dentelle  border  on 
the  sides  and  a  coat  of  arms  in  the  centre;  tooled 
back;  simple  inside  border;  gilt  edges.  9  x  5!. 

''^  A  genuine  Derome  binding  In  a  beautiful  state  of  preser- 
vation." 

—  L' Office  de  la  Semaine  Sainte  en  Latin  et  en  Francois. 
Paris,  1752.  I  vol. 

Dark  green  (?)  morocco;  dentelle  border  on  the 
sides,  with  the  arms  of  Marie  Leczinska  in  the 
centre;  tooled  back;  inside  borders;  gilt  edges. 
64  X  4. 

Mar'te  Leczinska^ s  copy.  '*  Trh  riche  et  charmante  reliure, 
dite  a  roiseau." 

dupr£ 

Peter  Martyr.  De  Rebvs  Oceanicis  et  novo  orhe.  Coloniae, 

IS74-  I  vol. 

Full  crimson  crushed  levant  morocco  extra;  on 

S9 


DuPRf  (continued) 
the  sides,  a  double  fillet,  succeeded  by  the  same; 
in  the  panels  of  the  back,, a  double  filletwith  a  half- 
leaf  in  the  corners,  fleurons  at  the  sides,  and  the 
chifFre  of  Comte  Riant  in  the  centre ;  inside  bor- 
ders; gilt  edges.  64  x  4!. 

DURU,  H. 

^BoucAer,  "Jean^  Apologie  povr  lehan  Chastel  Parisiefiy  ex- 
ecute a  mort.  1^95'  i  vol. 

Full  red  crushed  levant  morocco  extra;  sides  plain; 
fleurs-de-lys  on  the  back;  inside  borders;  gilt 
edges.  Duru,  1861.  6t\  x  ji. 

—  Histotre  prodtgtevse  etvn  detestable  parricide  entrepris  en 
la  per  Sonne  du  Roy  ^Henri  If^^  par  Pierre  Barriere^  dit 
la  Barre.  13^4-  i  vol. 

Full  red  crushed  levant  morocco,  Janseniste  style; 
inside  border;  gilt  edges.  Duru,  1857.  61^^x4. 

—  La  Rochefoucauldy  Franfois^  due  de.  Rejlexions  ou  Sen- 
tences et  Maximes  Morales.  Paris.,  i6yi.  With  his  Nou- 
velles  rejlex'ions.  Paris^  i6y8.  2  vols,  in  I . 

Full  red  crushed  levant  morocco  extra,  Janseniste 
style.  Duru,  1847.  ^A  x  31V. 
Firmin-Didot' s  copy  with  his  ex-libris. 

—  Marot^  lan^  de  Caen.  Svr  les  devx  heureux  Voyages  de 
Genes  i^  Venise^  victorieusement  mys  a  fin.,  Par  le  treschres- 
tien  Roy  Lays  Douxiesme  de  ce  nom.  i^J2.  I  vol. 

Full  red  crushed  levant  morocco  extra,  Janseniste 
style;  inside  borders;  gilt  edges.  61  x  4. 

60 


DuRu,  H.  (continued) 

—  Ovidius  Nasoy  Publius.  La  Metamorphose  d''  Ovide  figv- 
ree.  Lyon^  ^5^4-  ^  vol. 

Full  blue  crushed  levant  morocco  extra,  Jansen- 
iste  style;  inside  borders;  gilt  edges.  6A  x  4A. 

DURU  &  CHAMBOLLE 

La  Duchesse  de  Medo.  Nouvelle  Historique  ^  Galante, 
Paris,  i6p2.  2  vols. 

Full  green  levant  morocco  extra,  with  fleurons  at 
the  corners  of  the  sides  and  a  different  fleuron  in 
the  panels  of  the  back ;  inside  borders ;  gilt  edges. 
Duru  et  Chambolle,  1862.  5^  x  ji. 

See  also  Chambolle-Duru. 

DU  SEUIL,  Style  of 
Le  Catechisme  de  la  Penitence.  Paris,  ^^77'  '  vol. 

Original  binding  of  crimson  morocco ;  on  the  sides, 
three  fillets  succeeded  by  the  same  with  large  fleur- 
ons at  the  exterior  corners ;  tooled  back ;  narrow 
inside  border;  gilt  edges.  54x38. 

See  also  Thibaron-Echaubard. 
DUTCH 

Histoire  du  Vieux  et  du  Nouveau  Testament',  Representee  en 
tailles  douce  s  .  .  .  Avec  une  explication  .  .  .  par  Mr.  Basnage. 
Amsterdam,  170^.  I  vol. 

Original  gold-stamped  calf  binding;  on  the  sides, 
a  narrow  border  succeeded  by  a  double  fillet,  with 
an  arabesque  at  the  exterior  corners ;  in  the  centre, 
a  large  design  stamped  in  gold,  a  sphere  supported 
by  two  angels,  surmounted  by  Christ  with  the 

61 


Dutch  (continued) 
cross  at  the  left,  Moses  with  the  tables  of  the  law 
at  the  right,  between  them  a  triangle  enclosing 
three  flames  and  surrounded  by  rays  ;  below,  a  man 
lying  on  stones,  his  ankles  and  right  arm  chained 
to  rocks,  an  angel  holding  two  keys  beckons  him 
upward,  a  devil  threatens  him  with  darts  and  cords; 
scrolls  at  the  sides.  i6l  x  loi. 

ENGLISH 

Canterbury  Ritual.  14^4.  MS. 

Brown  calf,  monastic  style ;  on  the  sides,  between 
fillets  a  band  with  a  repeating  design  derived  from 
typographical  ornament,  succeeded  by  fillets  with 
a  leaf  at  the  exterior  corners ;  in  the  centre,  two 
acorns  and  two  leaves,  yk  x  6b. 

—  Charles  /.  Eihn  Basilike.  ^London] ,  iS^g.  i  vol. 

Black  (?)  calf,  much  worn ;  on  the  sides,  a  double 
fillet  with  a  fleuron  in  the  corners,  and  the  initials 
"EL"  in  the  centre,  separated  by  an  ornament 
consisting  of  two  acorns  and  two  fleurons;  on 
the  back,  which  is  without  bands,  a  double  fillet 
with  two  vertical  fleurons  at  top  and  bottom. 
8i  X  s^- 

ENGLISH :  Bound  for  the  Earl  of  Bute 
Swift,  'Jonathan.  Works.  London,  ly^^—ijdS.  1 2  vols. 

Green  calf;  on  the  sides,  a  triple  fillet,  and  in  the 
centre  the  arms  of  John  Stuart,  3d  Earl  of  Bute; 
simple  inside  border;  modern  morocco  backs. 
lolxSi. 
62 


English  (continued) 
— Bound  for  Charles  I 

The  Holy  Bible^  containing  The  Old  Testament  and  The 

New.  London^  i62g.  i  vol. 

Brown  calf;  on  the  sides,  a  narrow  border,  ara- 
besques in  the  corners,  the  arms  of  Charles  I  in 
the  centre  surrounded  by  a  semis  of  small  leaves ; 
the  back  tooled,  and  much  worn;  clasps  missing. 
64  X  4^. 
In  a  brown  crushed  levant  morocco  case. 

— Bound  for  Charles  II 
Ristretto  del  Discorso  Fatto  sopra  la  Causa  del  Monferrato. 
In  Torino.^  1618.  With  Replica  per  parte  del  Dvca  di 
Savoia  alia  Riposta  fatta  per  parte  del  Duca  di  Mantoua. 
In  Torino.^  16 14.  2  vols,  in  i. 

Light  brown  morocco;  on  the  sides,  a  double 
fillet;  in  the  centre,  a  panel  framed  by  a  single  with 
a  double  fillet,  with  the  king's  crowned  chifFre  be- 
tween palm  leaves  at  the  corners ;  the  same  chifFre, 
but  smaller,  in  the  panels  of  the  back;  gilt  edges. 
ii*x8. 

— Bound  for  Edward  VI 
Form  and  Manner  of  Keeping  the  Parliament  of  England. 
MS. 

Old  red  morocco,  with  a  single  broad  gold  fillet 
on  the  sides;  meander  border  inside,  pi  x  6i. 
In  a  brown  crushed  levant  morocco^  chamois-lined  case. 

—  Bound  for  George  I 
ui  Form  of  Prayer  to  be  used  in  all  Churches  and  Chapels  .  .  . 

63 


English  (continued) 
on  Friday  the  Sixteenth  Day  of  December.  London^  iy20. 
I  vol. 

Black  morocco,  elaborately  tooled  in  blind  tool- 
ing, with  the  arms  of  George  I  in  the  central  panel 
and  his  crowned  monogram  above,  below,  at  the 
sides,  and  also  in  the  corners  ;  narrow  blind  inside 
border ;  gilt  edges.  9x7. 

— Bound  for  James  I 
y antes  I.  Opera.  Londini,  16 1  p.  I  vol. 

Citron  morocco;  on  the  sides,  a  wide  border  made 
up  of  several  elements;  in  the  centre,  the  arms  of 
James  I  surrounded  by  a  semis  of  two  alternating 
fleurons;  tooled  back;  gilt  edges.  13 i  x  9. 
One  of  the  finest  royal  bindings  in  existence. 

Bacon,  Sir  Francis.  The  Essaies  of  S^  Francis  Bacon 

Knight,  the  Kings  SolUciter  Generall.  London,  16 1 2.  I  vol. 

Vellum;  on  the  sides,  a  gold  fillet,  succeeded  by 
a  gold  fillet  forming  a  panel  with  fleurons  at  the 
exterior  corners  and  the  arms  of  James  I  in  the 
centre;  tooled  back;  uncut  edges.  The  ribbon  ties 
are  gone.  6  x  44. 

fames  Vs  copy,  with  MS.  notes.  Probably  from  the  king^s 
travelling  library. 

EVE,  CLOVIS 

Gerardo,  Pietro.  Vita  di  Ezzellino  Terzoda  Romano.  Vene- 
tia,  1560.  I  vol. 

Olive  morocco;  on  the  sides,  a  single  and  a  double 
fillet,  a  fanfare  in  each  corner  surrounding  a  cher- 

64 


Eve,  Clovis  (continued) 
ub's  head;  the  arms  of  Henri  III  in  the  centre, 
surrounded  by  a  semis  of  fleurs-de-lys ;  the  back, 
which  is  without  bands,  is  seme  with  fleur-de-lys ; 
gilt  edges.  5^x38. 
Henri  IIFs  copy.  A  matchless  example  of  Eve's  skill. 

— Propheiie  de  Daniel  saincte  ^  admirable.^  interpretee  du 
regne  £ff  de  la  mort  du  Chefdes  heretiques  qui  se  pretend  Roy 
de  Nauarre^  iff  veut  enuahir  la  Couronne  de  France.  Tholose^ 
iSgi.  I  vol. 

Crimson  morocco ;  on  the  sides,  within  a  narrow 
border  and  a  double  fillet  is  a  design  of  eight 
medallions  in  two  columns,  each  filled  with  a  poin- 
tille  figure,  the  ground  around  the  medallions  en- 
tirely covered  with  pointille  half-leaves  and  dots ; 
tooled  back;  narrow  inside  border;  gilt  edges. 

7  X  4«. 

—  /  Salmi  di  David.  Tradotti  dalla  lingva  Hebrea  nella 
Italiana.  Parigi^  1588.  I  vol. 

Crimson  morocco;  the  sides  and  back,  which  is 
without  bands,  covered  by  a  design  of  oval  wreaths 
in  each  of  which  is  a  flower  surrounded  by  tiny 
stars ;  on  the  sides  there  are  five  rows  of  wreaths, 
four  in  a  row,  except  that  the  middle  row  has  only 
three,  the  central  one  being  double  and  contain- 
ing, on  the  front  cover,  the  arms  of  Marguerite 
de  Valois,  and  on  the  reverse  cover,  her  motto, 

"SPES  MEA."  4TlV  X  3+8. 
Marguerite  de  Valois* s  copy. 


6s 


EVE,  CLOVIS,  Style  of 
^iniilianus,  M.  Fabius.  Imtitvtionvm  Oratoriarvm  libri 
XII.  Lvgdvniy  IS44'  With  his  Declamationes.  Lvgdvniy 
IS44'  2  vols,  in  I. 

Brown  morocco ;  on  the  sides,  a  very  delicate  bor- 
der, the  space  within  which  is  filled  by  a  semis  of 
fleurs-de-lys;  repetition  of  a  simple  scroll  on  the 
back;  gilt  edges.  65^  x  44. 
Henri  IV' s  copy. 

FRENCH 

Dibdiriy  Thomas  Frognali.  The  Bibliographical  Decameron. 
London^  18 ly.  3  vols. 

Straight-grained  crimson  morocco;  on  the  sides, 
a  fillet  and  a  handsome  border  of  two  alternating 
motifs,  succeeded  by  four  narrow  straps,  the  third 
interlaced  with  the  first  and  second  at  the  corners, 
succeeded  again  by  blind  fillets  and  a  narrow  blind 
border;  tooled  backs,  inside  fillets,  gilt  edges. 
loA  X  d^. 

—  Hours^  Book  of.  Les  presentes  heures  a  lusaige  de  Rouan  au 
long  sans  requerir.  Paris,  [z^Oc?] .  I  vol. 

Light  olive  calf,  with  blind  tooling ;  on  the  sides, 
two  bands  marked  off  by  triple  fillets  which  cross 
at  the  corners,  the  outer  series  broken  on  each 
side  by  a  reentrant  double  fillet;  in  the  outer 
band,  crosses  flory  alternate  with  stars,  with  a  geo- 
metric figure  in  the  squares  at  the  corners ;  in  the 
second  band,  ringlets,  the  squares  at  the  corners 
blank;  the  central  panel  has  a  blank  label  at  top 
and  bottom ;  the  rest  of  the  space  marked  off  into 
squares  on  the  diagonal,  each  square  containing 
66 


French  (continued) 
a  cross  flory  or  a  related  geometric  figure,  but  not 
arranged  in  regular  alternation ;  gilt  edges.  10x64. 

—  Hours^  Book  of.  Les  presentes  heures  a  lusaige  de  Rome, 
toutes  au  long  sans  reqrir.  Paris,  \i^i/f\ .  I  vol. 

Original  brown  calf  binding,  monastic  style ;  on 
the  sides,  a  scroll  band,  double  at  the  sides,  the 
central  panel  filled  with  columns  of  rosettes  sepa- 
rated by  double  fillets ;  back  repaired ;  gilt  edges, 
yf  X  4I. 

This  volume  belonged  to  Catherine  de  Medicis,  Francois  II 
(her  son)y  Marie  R.  (^^ueen  of  Scots^,  Cardinal  de  Lor- 
raine {her  uncle^,  and  has  their  autographs. 

— Lemaire  de  Beiges,  fean.  Le  Promptvaire  des  Conciles  de 
Leglise  Catholique.  Lyon,  1^33-  i  vol. 

Original  black  morocco  binding;  on  the  sides,  a 
fillet  with  twisted  knots;  in  the  centre,  the  mono- 
gram H)  with  the  figure  J8  above,  below,  and  on 
the  sides ;  tooled  back ;  gilt  edges.  5I  x  3  * . 
From  the  library  of  Diane  de  Poitiers  (f)  . 

—  Les  Pseaumes  de  David,  en  Vers  Francois,  Geneve,  iy20. 
I  vol. 

Original  crimson  morocco  binding;  on  the  sides, 
a  fillet  edged  by  tiny  triangles,  succeeded  by  a 
rope  entwined  by  a  garland  made  of  a  five-petalled 
flower,  opposed  by  minute  rings  on  the  outside 
and  flowers  inside;  open  flower  with  two  leaves  in 
each  corner;  the  back,  which  is  without  bands,  is 
marked  oflF  by  triple  fillets  into  panels  tooled  a 
petits  fers;  gilt  edges.  6i  x  3!. 

67 


FRENCH :  Bound  for  the  MARquis  d'Entragues 
Ovidius  Naso^  Publius.  Les  Epistres  d'  Ovide  tradvittes  en 
vers  fran^ois  avec  des  commentaires  fort  curieux.  Bovrg  en 
Bressey  1626.  1  vol.  bound  in  3  vols. 

Old  dark  green  morocco,  with  the  chiffre  of  the 
Marquis  d'Entragues  on  the  back;  inside  bor- 
ders; gilt  edges.  7A  x  4!. 

— Bound  for  Henri  II 
Ovidius  NasOy  Publius.  Amatoria.  Lvgdvni,  ^555'  ^  vol. 

Brown  calf;  on  the  sides,  a  gold  fillet;  inthe  centre, 
a  raised  and  gilded  medallion  of  the  king's  head 
with  the  inscription  ".hen.  ii  .  r";  tooled  back; 
gilt  edges.  58x3. 

— Bound  for  James  IT 
\_Du  Prat.^  Le  Portrait  dv  Mareschal  de  Gassion.  Paris^ 
166^.  I  vol. 

Original  crimson  morocco  binding  entirely  cov- 
ered with  semis  of  fleurs-de-lys  stamped  in  gold; 
gilt  edges;  holes  for  ties.  6i  x  38. 
Copy  presented  to  the  Duke  of  Tori,  afterwards  fames  II. 

— Bound  for  Louis  XIII 

faubert  de  Barrault,  J^^^-  Homelies  de  Vexcellence,  ne- 
cessity et  diver  site  des  Croix  et  Affiictions.  Paris  y  16 j6. 
I  vol. 

Citron  morocco ;  the  sides  and  back  covered  with 
a  semis  of  alternating  fleurs-de-lys  and  crowned 
L's,  with  the  royal  arms  in  the  centre  of  the 
sides;  gilt  edges.  74  x  4^. 
A  superb  binding y  probably  by  Ruette, 

68 


French  (continued) 
— Bound  for  Louts  XV 
Histoire  de  f  Ordre  du  S.  Esprit.  \^After  1740.']  I  vol. 

Olive  morocco  with  a  rich  dentelle  border  on  the 
sides  and  the  arms  of  Louis  XV  in  the  centre ; 
tooled  back;  inside  border;  gilt  edges.  7!  x  5!. 
Louis  XV^s  copy.  Probably  bound  by  Derome. 

Legendre^  Louis.  Vie  du  Cardinal  d"  Amboise.  Rouen^ 

1724.  I  vol. 

Original  brown  morocco;  on  the  sides,  a  border 
of  alternating  fleurs-de-lys  and  acanthus;  in  the 
centre,  the  royal  arms,  with  the  insignia  of  the 
order  of  the  St.  Esprit;  fleufs-de-lys  in  the  panels 
of  the  back;  in  one  panel,  the  central  fleur-de-lys 
has  been  replaced  by  the  Gulston  arms.  94  x  yf. 
From  the  collection  of  Elize  Gulston^  with  her  ex-libris. 

— Bound  for  Louis  XVI 
For  mule  de  Ceremonies  et  Prieres  pour  le  Sacre  de  sa  Majest'e 
Louis  XVL  Paris^  1775'  ^  vol. 

Crimson  morocco;  on  the  sides,  a  triple  fillet  with 
fleurs-de-lys  in  the  corners  and  the  arms  of  Louis 
XVI  in  the  centre;  tooled  back,  with  a  fleur- 
de-lys  in  each  panel;  narrow  inside  border;  gilt 
edges.  8i  X  5!. 

— Bound  for  Louis- Joseph,  le  Dauphin,  fils  de  Louis 
XVI 

Hesiod.  Les  CEuvres  d*H'esiode^  traduction  nouvelle^  dedi'ee 
au  Roi.  Parisy  17^5'  ^  vol. 

Crimson  morocco ;  on  the  sides,  a  triple  fillet  with 
the  arms  of  the  Dauphin  in  the  centre;   tooled 


French  (continued) 
back,  with  a  fleuron  in  the  centre  of  each  panel; 
simple  inside  border;  gilt  edges.  6i  x  4I. 

— Bound  for  Madame  de  Maintenon 
y^cis  et  Galat'ee^  Pastorale  heroiqve  en  musique.  Parisy  1686, 
I  vol. 

Crimson  morocco;  on  the  sides,  a  single  with 
a  double  fillet,  fleurs-de-lys  in  the  corners,  the 
arms  of  Madame  de  Maintenon  in  the  centre; 
fleurs-de-lys  in  the  panels  of  the  back;  gilt  edges. 
pi  X  yf . 

— Bound  for  Marie  Am£lie  de  Saxe,  wife  of  Don 
Carlos,  king  of  the  Two  Sicilies 
Almanach  Royal,  Paris,  ^754-  ^  vol. 
Crimson  morocco;  on  the  sides,  a  wide  border  of 
naturalistic  forms,  palms  (?),  birds,  butterflies,  and 
flowers,  with  the  arms  of  Marie  Amelie  de  Saxe 
in  the  centre  surrounded  by  a  sunburst;  tooled 
back;  simple  inside  border;  gilt  edges,  yi  x  5i. 

— Bound  for  Marie  Antoinette 
V  Office  de  la  Semaine  Sainte  .  .  .  a  P  usage  de  Madame  la 
Dauphine  ^  de  sa  Maison.  Paris,  ^773'  ^  vol. 

Old  crimson  morocco;  on  the  sides,  a  border  of 
scrolls,  succeeded  by  a  band  between  double  fillets, 
the  enclosed  panel  decorated  with  arabesques  with 
the  coat  of  arms  in  the  centre ;  tooled  back,  with 
fleurs-de-lys  and  dolphins  alternating  in  the  cen- 
tre of  the  panels ;  gilt  edges.  81  x  5^. 


yo 


French  (continued) 
— Bound  for  Cardinal  Mazarin 
Vita  Virorvm  Illvstrivm.  Basilea^  15^3-  i  vol. 

Citron  morocco;  on  the  sides,  an  intricate  band  a 
petits  fers  between  double  fillets,  succeeded  by  a 
dentelle  border  and  another  double  fillet;  in  the 
middle  of  the  remaining  panel,  the  Cardinal's 
arms  within  an  oval  fillet;  the  rest  of  the  panel  is 
covered  with  a  semis  of  the  Cardinal's  monogram 
surmounted  by  his  hat,  this  stamp  alternating  with 
a  star;  tooled  back  with  the  monogram  and  hat  in 
each  panel ;  gilt  edges.  1 2i  x  8i. 

— Bound  for  Napoleon  I 
Recueil m'ethodique  des  loisy  d'ecrets^ reglemenSy  instructions  et 
decisions  sur  le  Cadastre  de  la  France.  A  Paris ^  DeV  Imprime- 
rie  Imp'eriale.  i8il,  I  vol. 

Full  crimson  straight-grained  morocco;  on  the 
sides,  a  band  consisting  of  intertwined  vines  be- 
tween double  fillets  which  cross,  forming  squares 
at  the  corners,  in  each  of  which  is  an  eagle;  be- 
tween the  outer  pair  of  fillets  is  a  simple  border; 
this  band  is  edged  on  the  inside  by  a  severe  de- 
sign of  pointed  leaves,  and  is  succeeded  by  a  deli- 
cate arabesque;  in  the  centre,  the  arms  of  Napo- 
leon ;  the  back,  which  is  without  bands,  is  divided 
into  compartments  by  fillets  and  simple  orna- 
ments; in  these  compartments,  from  top  to  bot- 
tom, are  crowned  N,  the  title,  crowned  eagle,  bee, 
crowned  eagle,  crowned  N;  inside  borders;  gilt 
edges.  lyi  X  iii. 


71 


French  (continued) 
— Bound  for  Madame  de  Pompadour 
Rabelais^  Francois.  Les  oeuvres.  ^Elxevir^ ,  l66j.  2  vols. 

Brown  calf  with  the  arms  of  Madame  de  Pom- 
padour on  the  sides;  the  backs,  which  are  with- 
out bands,  are  divided  into  panels  by  pairs  of 
fillets;  between  the  fillets  a  swan,  in  each  panel  a 
fleuron  with  small  laurel  branches  at  the  corners. 
5  X  2f. 

— Bound  for  Cardinal  Richelieu 
PetaUf  Denis.  Rationarivm  Temporvm.  Parisiis^  ^^33'  ^ 
vols,  in  I . 

Crimson  morocco;  on  the  sides,  a  single  and  a 
double  fillet,  succeeded  by  the  same  with  fleurons 
at  the  exterior  corners;  in  the  centre  the  arms  of 
Cardinal  Richelieu  in  an  oval,  with  his  motto, 
"his  fvlta  manebvnt";  tooled  back,  with  the 
arms  in  each  panel;  gilt  edges.  6  x  3^. 

— Bound  for  jAcquEs  Auguste  de  Thou 
\Van  der  Burch^  Lambert. '\  Sabavdia  Respvblica  et  Histo- 
ria.  Lvgd.  Batav.  Ex  officina  Elzeviriatia.,  i6j^.  1  vol. 

Light  brown  calf;  on  the  sides,  a  double  fillet,  and 
in  the  centre,  De  Thou's  arms.  4!  x  2L 

GERMAN 

Diirer,  Jlbrecht.  Passio  Christi  {T'he  Little  Passion), 
[/570.]   I  vol. 

Original   hogskin  binding,  monastic  style;  the 
sides  are  stamped  with  elaborate  designs  made  up 
of  a  great  variety  of  motifs.  81  x  6i. 
72 


German  (continued) 

—  Ovidius  Nasoy  Publius.  Metamorphoseon  libr't  XV.  Fran- 
coforti  ad  Moenvm^  15^7'  '  vol. 

Original  hogskin  binding, dated  1568 ; on  the  front 
cover,  a  border  of  scrolls  between  fillets;  in  the 
label  at  the  top  of  the  central  panel,  the  initials 
"  EAA,"  and  in  the  label  at  the  bottom,  the  date 
"1568";  between  the  labels  the  arms  of  the  Kur- 
fursthum  of  Saxony ;  on  the  reverse  cover,  a  simi- 
lar design,  but  the  labels  have  rosettes  separated 
by  leaf-forms,  and  in  the  central  panel  is  a  cathe- 
dral above  which  hovers  an  angel  with  a  scroll,  on 
which  are  the  words  "insignia  vrbis  witeber"; 
below  the  cathedral  are  the  arms  of  the  Erzmar- 
shall  of  Saxony  and  of  the  kingdom  of  Saxony, 
and  below  them  is  the  inscription,  "nil  valid^ 

IVVERE  ARCES  AVT  ROBORA  BELLI  SED  MERITO 
PIETAS  POPVLIS  FORTISSIMA  TVRRIS.  H.  CANTZ."; 

brass  catches,  the  clasps  gone.  7  x  42. 

—  Valerius  Maximus.  Factorvm  Dictorvmque  memorabilivm 
libri  novem.  Morgvntiae,  I 530'  I  vol. 

Original  hogskin  binding;  on  the  sides  a  band  of 
half-length  female  figures,  Venus,  Casta  Lucretia, 
Jocasta,  and  one  other,  succeeded  by  a  triple  fillet 
connected  at  the  corners  with  a  succeeding  triple 
fillet;  in  the  space  between  these  fillets,  roses,  one 
at  the  top  and  bottom,  two  on  each  side;  the  cen- 
tral panel  contains  two  columns  of  a  repeated  con- 
ventionalized flower,  with  roses  down  the  centre 
between  the  flowers;  original  clasps.  62  x  5*. 


73 


German  (continued) 

—  Folio  binding.  Thick  boards  covered  with  hog- 
skin,  with  four  brass  corners  on  each  side  and  a 
brass  medalHon  in  the  centre ;  each  corner  has  fleur- 
de-lys  finials  and  a  high  octagonal  boss;  in  the  field 
are  cut  a  lion  and  another  animal  supportinga  cross, 
the  ground  filled  in  with  red  enamel,  much  of  which 
has  been  worn  off;  the  centre  medallion  is  edged 
with  six  fleurs-de-lys,  has  the  octagonal  boss,  the 
animals  and  cross  repeated  once,  the  ground  filled 
with  red  enamel;  two  leather  straps  at  the  side, 
those  at  the  top  and  bottom  missing.  204  x  14B. 

HAMMOND 

Holbein,^  Hans.  Les  Images  de  la  Mart.  Lyon^  1562.  I  vol. 

Full  red  crushed  levant  morocco;  on  the  sides, 
a  blind  double  fillet,  succeeded  by  the  same  with 
gold  fleurons  at  the  exterior  corners,  the  same 
fleuron  repeated  in  the  panels  of  the  back ;  inside 
borders;  gilt  edges.  5!  x  3«. 
From  the  library  of  Edward  Cheney^  with  his  ex-libris, 

HARDY 

Plutarch.  Epitome^  ou  Abrege  des  uies  de  cinquante  et  quatre 
notables,  et  excellens  personnaiges.  Paris,  155^'  ^  ^ol* 

Dark  blue  crushed  levant  morocco  extra,  Jan- 
seniste  style;  inside  borders;  gilt  edges.  6  A  x  44. 

HARDY-MENNIL 

Ariosto,   Lodovico.    Comedia  intitolata    Cassaria.   Vinegia, 
1525.  I  vol. 

Full  crimson  crushed  levant  morocco  extra;  on 
the  sides,  a  blind  double  fillet,  succeeded  by  the 

74 


Hardy-Mennil  (continued) 
same  with  a  gold  fleuron  at  the  exterior  corners; 
a  scroll  ornament  in  the  centre;  a  single  gold  fig- 
ure in  each  panel  of  the  back;  inside  borders;  gilt 
edges.  6»  x  4. 

HARDY-MICHEL 

Desportes^  Philippes.  Les  Premieres  (Evvres.  Paris,  1600. 
I  vol. 

Binding  by  Hardy,  gilding  by  Marius  Michel. 
Full  red  crushed  levant  morocco;  on  the  sides, 
a  narrow  border  succeeded  by  a  fillet,  succeeded 
by  a  double  fillet  and  a  second  narrow  border; 
dentelle  corners  and  in  the  centre  a  dentelle 
lozenge  around  a  small  blank  oval;  tooled  back; 
gilt  edges.  68X3*. 
From  the  library  of  E.  M.  Bancely  with  his  ex-libris. 

— Ronsard,  Pierre.  Les  Amovrs.  Paris,  1553'  -^^  cinqieme 
des  odes.  Paris,  155J.  Le  Bocage.  Paris,  I 55 4..  Les  Mes- 
langes.  Paris,  I 555.  4  vols,  in  i. 

Binding  by  Hardy,  gilding  by  Marius  Michel. 
Full  red  crushed  levant  morocco  extra;  on  the 
sides  a  lozenge-shaped  medallion  of  interlacing 
straps,  combined  with  laurel  branches  and  fleur- 
ons;  in  each  corner  a  section  of  the  central  orna- 
ment slightly  modified,  the  whole  enclosed  by 
three  fillets;  in  the  panels  of  the  back  a  fine, 
corresponding  design;  inside  borders;  gilt  edges. 
6S^X4. 


75 


HORN  BOOK 

The  Alphabet^  the  vowels ,,  etc.,  and  the  Lord's  Prayer. 

Leather  back,  stamped  with  an  eagle  carrying  off 
an  infant  wrapped  in  swaddling-clothes,  ji  x  2i. 

ITALIAN 

About,  Edmond.  Tolla.  Paris,  l8p2.  I  vol. 

In  an  old  Italian  binding.  Crimson  morocco;  on 
the  sides,  a  heavy  fillet  with  squares  marked  off 
in  the  corners,  which  form  stops  for  a  charming 
renaissance  scroll  band ;  in  each  square,  a  geomet- 
rical ornament;  the  inner  corners  of  the  squares 
are  connected  by  a  quadruple  fillet  forming  a  panel 
with  ornaments  in  the  corners  and  a  cardinal's 
arms  in  the  centre;  the  back,  which  is  without 
bands,  is  tooled  with  a  combination  of  repeating 
figures.  8x5. 

—  Beata  Maria  Virginis  Officium.  Venetiis,  1740. 

Original  binding  of  crimson  morocco;  on  the 
sides,  a  band  and  a  central  medallion  of  black  (?) 
morocco  inlaid,  tooled  with  a  delightful  design 
of  scrolls  and  flowers;  tooled  back;  gilt  edges. 

—  Calderino,  Domizio.  Commentarii  in  M.  Valerivm  Mar- 
tialem  cum  Defensione.  Venetiis,  1474..  With  his  Cbnieta- 
rioli  I  Ibin  Ouidii.  i  vol. 

Straight-grained,  faded  crimson  morocco;  triple 
fillet  on  the  sides;  tooled  back  with  a  covered  urn 
in  the  centre  of  each  panel;  simple  inside  border; 
gilt  edges,  iii  x  74. 

76 


Italian  (continued) 

— Callimachus  of  Cyrene.  he  Poesie^  volgartzzate  da  Giu- 
seppe Maria  Pagnini  Carmelitano.  Parma,  17^8.  I  vol. 

Original  binding  of  crimson  morocco;  on  the 
sides,  a  twisted  ribbon,  succeeded  by  two  fillets  en- 
closing a  graceful,  vigorous  arabesque  design;  in 
the  centre  is  an  inlaid  oval  medallion  of  dark  green 
morocco,  crisscrossed  by  diagonal  bead  chains 
and  surrounded  by  arabesques;  tooled  back;  gilt 
edges,  ^y^'^^. 

—  Catherine  of  Siena,  Saint.  Epistole  Devotissime.  Stampato 
in  la  Inclita  Cita  de  Venetia  in  Casa  de  Aldo  Manutio  Ro- 
mano a  di  XV.  Septembrio.  i^oo.  i  vol. 

Light  brown  calf;  on  the  sides,  a  narrow  renais- 
sance border  with  graceful  scrolls  in  the  corners 
and  a  figure  in  the  centre  made  up  of  two  orna- 
ments used  in  the  corners;  richly  tooled  back. 
I2ix8i. 

—  Choir  Book,  //jj.  MS. 

Original  binding;  brown  leather  over  thick  boards, 
with  large  pierced  brass  corners  and  central  me- 
dallions on  the  sides  ;  Madonna  and  Child  in  the 
medallion  on  the  front  cover,  coat  of  arms  of  St. 
Dominic  in  the  medallion  on  the  reverse  cover. 
27IX  lyi. 

— Degree  of  Doctor  of  Laws  conferred  on  Carlo  Vicentini  by 
the  University  of  Padua,  i6go.  MS. 

Reddish  brown  morocco,  covered  with  tooling; 
on  the  sides,  a  wide  border  succeeded  by  a  band 

77 


Italian  (continued) 
of  arabesques  between  fillets  succeeded  by  a  nar- 
row border  of  flower  forms ;  in  the  centre,  a  large 
sunburst  with  an  arabesque  at  top  and  bottom; 
in  the  corners,  a  figure  derived  from  the  sunburst. 
With  the  seal  of  Cardinal  Barbarigo  in  a  tin  case, 
attached  by  a  silk  cord.  9!  x  yi. 

—  [/Vrr/'n/,  Giovanni  Battista.^  Regale  da  osservarsi  nel 
Sacro^  ed  Apostolico  Archiospedale  di  Santo  Spirito  in  Sassia  di 
Roma.  Roma,  [7757,^] .  i  vol. 

Brown  morocco;  on  the  sides,  a  fillet  succeeded 
by  a  scroll  band  succeeded  by  a  light  twisted  rope, 
succeeded  by  a  bold  border  of  scrolls  with  a  double 
cross  in  the  centre  of  each  corner;  in  the  centre,  a 
cardinal's  arms ;  tooled  back  with  the  double  cross 
in  the  centre  of  each  panel;  gilt  edges.  8i  x  5^. 

—  Fonte^  Moderata.  II  Merita  delle  Donne^  scritta  da  Mo- 
derata  Fonte  in  due  giarnate.  Venetia^  1600.  i  vol. 

Original  binding  of  crimson  morocco;  on  the  sides, 
a  narrow  border,  with  the  Foscarini  arms  in  the 
centre  surrounded  by  bold  foliated  scrolls  and  sur- 
mounted by  two  angels  supporting  a  coronet; 
tooled  back;  gilt  edges.  8  x  5*. 

—  The  Order  of  the  Administration  of  the  Lord's  Supper. 
MS.  Copied  and  illuminated  by  Andreas  Andersen. 

Old  morocco  binding,  elaborately  tooled;  on  the 
sides,  a  narrow  border  with  fans  in  the  corners, 
succeeded  by  a  geometrical  strap  design  forming 
a  large  central  medallion  in  which  is  a  coat  of  arms 
and  the  initials  "S  R."  6i  x  ^\. 

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Italian  (continued) 

—  Poliphili  Hypnerotomachia  vbi  hvmana  omnia  non  nisi 

Somnivm  esse  docet.  Venetiis,  M.ID.  in  adibus  Aldi  Manu- 

tiiy  accuratissime.  i  vol. 

Old  light  brown  calf;  on  the  sides,  between  gold 
fillets,  a  wide  band  of  blind  tooling  consisting  of  a 
simple  diaper  pattern  of  small  lozenges  with  a  ring- 
let in  the  centre  of  each  and  stars  at  the  angles ; 
this  pattern  is  repeated  on  the  back  which  is  with- 
out bands  but  marked  off  into  panels  by  fillets; 
gilt  edges.  1 2I  x  8i. 

ITALIAN :  Time  of  Benedict  XIII 
Collection  of  Italian  autographs  of  the  XV  century. 

Old  brown  morocco  binding;  on  the  sides,  a  band 
of  renaissance  ornament,  scrolls  with  large  flowers 
springing  from  amphoras  in  the  corners,  the  papal 
arms  in  the  centre  of  the  front  cover,  and  the 
arms  of  Cardinal  Spinola  on  the  reverse  cover. 
Duplicate  of  the  binding  with  the  arms  of  Pope 
Innocent  XIII.  iilx  %\. 

— Time  of  Clement  XII 
Crimson  morocco,  with  wide  borders  on  the  sides 
and  the  arms  of  Clement  XII   in  the  centre. 
1 2  X  8i. 

— Bound  for  Clement  XIII 
Ragguaglio  della  vita^  virtii,  e  miracoli  del  B.  Gregorio 
BarbarigOj  Vescovo  di  Padova  e  della  Santa  Romana  Chiesa 
Cardinale  .  .  .  alia  Santita  di  nostra  Signore  PP.  Clemente 
XIII.  dedicato.  Roma,,  iy6i.  I  vol. 

Crimson  morocco  richly  tooled;  on  the  sides,  a 

79 


Italian  (continued) 
renaissance  border  succeeded  by  three  fillets  and 
a  narrow  border,  within  which  is  a  bold  design  of 
scrolls  and  six-pointed  stars,  with  urns  in  the  cor- 
ners; in  the  centre,  the  arms  of  Clement  XIII; 
tooled  back;  gilt  edges.  1 1  x  8. 

Copy  presented  to  Pope  Clement  XIII.  From  the  Rezzonico 
Library  and  the  collection  of  Edward  Cheney. 

— Bound  for  Gregory  XIII 
Missale  Romanvm^  ex  decreto  Sacrosancti  Concilij  Triden- 
tini  restitutum,  Pii  V.  Pont.  Max.  iussu  editum.  Parisiis, 
isyS.  I  vol. 

Olive  morocco ;  on  the  sides,  a  fillet  with  a  double 
fillet;  in  the  centre,  an  oval  medallion,  containing, 
on  the  front  cover,  a  representation  of  the  Cruci- 
fixion with  the  Virgin  and  St.  John,  the  sun,  moon, 
and  stars,  and  Jerusalem  in  the  background;  on  the 
reverse  cover,  the  arms  of  Pope  Gregory  XIII; 
the  rest  of  the  sides  and  the  back,  which  is  with- 
out bands,  are  marked  off  by  fillets  into  lozenges 
with  a  tiny  quatrefoil  at  each  angle  and  a  twisted 
knot  in  the  middle  of  each  side;  in  each  lozenge 
are  crossed  keys  with  a  flame  above  and  below; 
gilt  edges.  14^  x  10. 

— Time  of  Innocent  XIII 
Holograph  letter  from  Vittoria  Colonna^  Marchesa  di  Pes- 
cara^  to  Pietro  Aretino. 

In  an  old  brown  morocco  binding;  on  the  sides, 
a  band  of  renaissance  ornament,  scrolls  with  large 
flowers  springing  from  amphoras  in  the  corners, 
the  papal  arms  in  the  centre  of  the  front  cover,  and 
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Italian  (continued) 
the  arms  of  Cardinal  Spinola  on  the  reverse  cover. 
Duplicate  of  the  binding  with  the  arms  of  Pope 
Benedict  XIII.  iiixSi 

— Bound  for  Julius  III 
Fracchi^  Ambrogio^  of  Ferentini.  Sacrorum  Fastorum  Libri 
XJL  Romte,  1547'  ^  vol. 

Brown  morocco;  on  the  sides,  blind  fillets  suc- 
ceeded by  an  arabesque  band  between  triple  fillets, 
with  an  acorn  at  the  exterior  corners ;  the  enclosed 
space  has  a  label  containing  flames  at  top  and  bot- 
tom, leaving  a  panel  with  arabesques  in  the  corners 
and  the  arms  of  Pope  Julius  III  in  the  centre; 
simple  geometrical  blind  tooling  on  the  back ;  gilt 
gauffred  edges.  9  x  5^. 

— Time  of  Pius  VI 
Collection  of  Italian  autograph  lettersof  the  XV and  XVI  cen- 
turies. 

Brown  calf;  on  the  sides,  three  fillets,  the  middle 
one  entwined  by  a  double  garland,  succeeded  by 
a  wide  band  with  a  handsome  renaissance  scroll 
springing  from  a  cornucopia  on  either  side  of  a 
circular  medallion  in  each  corner,  urns  at  the 
centre  of  the  band,  top  and  bottom,  bells  at  the 
centre  on  the  sides ;  in  the  central  panel,  the  arms 
of  Pius  VI;  on  the  back,  the  fillet  entwined  by  a 
double  garland,  i  it  x  8i. 

LE  GASCON 

La  Chambre^  Marin  Cureau^  Sieur  de.  Traite  de  la  Connois- 
sance  des  Animavx.  Paris^  16^8.  i  vol. 

81 


Le  Gascon  (continued) 
Original  crimson  morocco;  on  the  sides,  dentelle 
borders,  succeeded  by  a  geometrical  panel  with 
large  pointille  fleurons  at  the  four  main  exterior 
and  interior  corners,  and  srrialler  ornaments  at  all 
other  corners;  within  the  panel  an  elaborate  de- 
sign of  pointille  figures  with  a  square  in  the  cen- 
tre, the  sides  broken  by  semi-circles,  containing  a 
crowned  monogram;  tooled  back;  narrow  inside 
border;  gilt  edges,  pi  x  7. 

—  U  Office  de  la  Semaine  Sainte.  Paris.,  [;z.^/.] .  I  vol. 

Full  crimson  morocco;  on  the  sides,  a  pattern 
of  intertwined  bands  forming  a  series  of  com- 
partments filled  with  pointille  tooling;  in  the 
central  compartment,  the  arms  of  the  Grand 
Dauphin,  and  in  the  compartments  above  and 
below,  a  crowned  dolphin;  the  back  is  tooled 
similarly  with  a  small  fleur-de-lys  in  the  centre 
of  each  panel;  narrow  inside  border;  gilt  edges. 

7*  X  5- 

Bound  Jor  Le  Grand  Dauphin.,  fib  de  Louis  XIV. 

—  Vigenere^  Blaise  de.  Les  Chroniqves  ^  Annales  de  Po~ 
loigne.  Paris,  IJ^J-  i  vol. 

Full  dark  green  (?)  morocco  with  a  typical  Le  Gas- 
con design  in  pointille  tooling;  on  the  sides,  a 
single  with  a  double  fillet,  rosettes  at  the  corners, 
succeeded  by  a  large  panel  made  by  a  single  and 
a  double  fillet,  each  side  broken  in  the  middle  by 
an  ogival  extension,  with  fleurons  or  fleurs-de-lys 
at  each  angle ;  in  the  centre  a  small  panel  contain- 
ing three  fleurs-de-lys,  and  surrounded  by  a  beau- 
82 


Le  Gascon  (continued) 
tiful  pointille  design ;  tooled  back ;  narrow  inside 
border;  gilt  edges.  9^  x  61. 

Bound  for  Louis  XIII  and  Anne  d^  Autr'tche.  A  truly  mag- 
nificent binding. 

From  the  collections  of^uentin  Bauchart  and  La  Roche  La- 

carelle^  with  their  ex-libris. 

LE  GASCON,  Style  of 
Novum  Missale  Romanum^  ex  decreto  Sacrosancti  Concilii 
Tridentini  restitutum  .  .  .  Urbani  PP.  Fill,  auctoritate 
recognitum.  Augusta  Vindelicorum^  ^7^7'  ^  ^ol- 

Crimson  morocco ;  on  the  sides,  a  band  consisting 
of  a  repeated  ornament  between  double  fillets, 
with  the  date  1 7 1 9  in  the  centre  at  the  top  of  the 
front  cover;  the  large  central  panel  is  divided  into 
regular  compartments  by  an  interlacing  strap ;  the 
oblong  compartment  in  the  centre  being  half-re- 
peated at  the  sides,  top,  and  bottom,  and  quarter- 
repeated  in  the  corners ;  the  design  for  these  com- 
partments is  an  intricate  pattern  a  petits  fers,  with 
scrolls,  pomegranates,  stars,  etc.;  in  the  four  in- 
tervening spaces  is  a  bolder  design  of  plant  forms 
and  stars,  with  a  small  urn  of  flowers  at  the  base ; 
tooled  back;  gilt  edges;  silver  clasps.  132  x  92. 
A  superb  dated  binding  in  the  style  of  Le  Gascon. 

— L*  Office  de  la  Semaine  Sainte  a  P usage  de  la  Maison  du  Roy. 
Paris,  1732.  I  vol. 

Crimson  morocco ;  on  the  sides,  a  border  of  scrolls 
and  flowers  framing  a  panel  divided  into  com- 
partments by  intertwined  straps;  in  the  centre,  the 
arms  of  Louis  XV,  his  chiffre  in  the  compart- 

83 


Le  Gascon  (continued) 
ments  above  and  below;  the  remaining  compart- 
ments are  filled  with  pointille  tooling;  tooled  back; 
very  simple  inside  border;  gilt  edges.  83  x  55. 
Louis  Xy*i  copy. 

LORTIC  FRERES 

Gautier,  Th'eophiU.  Emaux  et  Cam'ees.  Paris^  i88y.  I  vol. 

Blue  half  morocco  with  dark  blue  marbled  paper; 
double  fillet  at  the  edge  of  the  leather;  tooled 
back  with  a  fleuron  in  the  centre  of  each  panel. 
6»  X  4?. 

MENNIL 

See  Hardy-Mennil. 

MICHEL,  MARIUS 

See  Hardy-Michel. 

MOUILLIE 

Les  Pourtraicts  de  la  Courpour  le  present.  Cologne^  166  J.  i  vol. 

Old  red  morocco,  with  three  fillets  on  the  sides, 
united  at  the  corners  by  daisies  in  circles;  the  back, 
which  is  without  bands,  is  divided  into  panels  by 
fillets  with  a  daisy  in  each  panel;  gilt  edges.  With 
the  ticket,  "Relie  par  Mouillie,  Rue  S.  Jacques, 
Hotel  de  la  Couture,  Np  69."  5  x  2! 

From  the  Hamilton  Palace  Library^  with  a  MS.  note  by 
Beckford. 

NIEDRfiE 

Meliadus.  Gli  egregi  fatti  del  gran  Re  Meliadvs^  Con  al- 
tre  rare  prodezxe  del  Re  Artu^  di  Palamides^  Amorault 

84 


NiEDREE  (continued) 
(Tlrlanda^  il  buono  Caualiere  senza  paura^  Gallehault  il 
BrunOy  Seguradesy  Galaad^  l^  altr't  ualorosi caualieri  di  quel 
tempo.  Historic  bellissima^  non  piu  ueduta.  Aldus.  In  Vene- 
tian 1560  {in  fine  1558).  vol.  I. 

Full  blue  crushed  levant  morocco  extra,  Jansen- 
iste  style;  inside  borders;  gilt  edges.  6  x  38. 

PADELOUP 

Is  Alcoran  des  Cordeliers  tant  en  Latin  quen  Francois.  A 
Geneve n  15^8.  I  vol. 

Citron  morocco  ;  on  the  sides,  three  fillets  with  a 
small  rosette  at  the  joint  in  the  corners,  the  arms 
of  Comte  de  Hoym  in  the  centre;  the  back  is  cov- 
ered with  a  repetition  of  a  scroll ;  narrow  inside 
border ;  gilt  edges.  58  x  38. 
From  the  library  of  Comte  de  Hoym. 

—  Martial  de  Paris.  Les  Arrets  d* Amour s^  avec  T Amant 
rendu  Cordelier ^  a  r  Observance  d^ Amours.  Paris,  ^73 1' 
I  vol. 

Crimson  morocco;  triple  fillet  on  the  sides;  on 
the  back,  which  is  without  bands,  a  semis  of  cres- 
cents, the  tips  connected  by  small  azured  trian- 
gles, a  gold  dot  in  the  centre  of  each  crescent; 
gilt  edges.  With  the  ticket,  "Relie  par  Padeloup 
le  jeune.  place  Sorbonne  a  Paris."  6  A  x  3H. 

—  Petronius.  Satyricon.  Lvgd.  Batav.  16^^.  I  vol. 

Citron  morocco;  the  sides  inlaid  with  small  crim- 
son morocco  medallions,  which  contain  in  alter- 
nating rows  a  daisy  surrounded  by  six  dots  and 


Padeloui'  (continued) 
a  fleuron  with  six  dots;  between  the  medallions, 
gold  circles  within  rings;  the  rest  of  the  space  is 
sprinkled  with  stars  and  dots ;  the  back,  which  is 
without  bands,  is  divided  into  panels  by  a  chain 
between  fillets ;  in  these  panels  are  inlaid  crimson 
circles  or  ovals,  each  one  containing  a  daisy  sur- 
rounded by  dots,  or  by  stars  and  dots  alternating ; 
narrow  inside  borders;  gilt  edges.  4I  x  2*. 
Exquisite  mosaic^  about  lyzo. 

—  ^Saint-Rea/^  Cesar  Vichard.'\  Dom  Carlos^  nouvelle  his- 
torique.  louxte  la  Copie  imprimee  a  Amsterdam.  Chez  Gas- 
par  d  Commelin,  ^^73-  ^  ^ol- 

Crimson  morocco,  double  with  crimson  morocco; 
on  the  sides,  a  single  and  a  double  fillet,  succeeded 
by  the  same,  fiDrming  a  panel  with  fleurs-de-lys  at 
the  exterior  corners;  fleurs-de-lys  in  the  panels 
of  the  back ;  inside,  narrow  border  with  a  double 
and  a  pointille  fillet,  with  a  panel  in  the  centre 
duplicating  the  one  on  the  outside;  gilt  edges. 
6  X  31. 

PRINCE,  THOMAS 

Neal^  Daniel.  History  of  the  Puritans.  Newburyport^Mass.^ 
i8j6-i8iy.  5  vols. 

Light  brown  mottled  calf;  tooled  back.  With  the 

ticket,  "Thomas  Prince,   Binder,  Salem 

Mass."  8^  X  5i. 

RIVIERE 

Dante  Alighieri.  Comedia  del  Divino  Poeta  Fiorentino 
Danthe  Aleghieri^  col  comento  di  Christophforo  Landino.  Im~ 

86 


Riviere  (continued) 
presso  in  Bressa  per  Boninvm  de  Boninis  di  Ragvxiy  14.8'/. 
I  vol. 

Full  brown  crushed  levant  morocco  extra;  on  the 
sides,  a  fillet,  succeeded  by  a  double  fillet,  the 
enclosed  space  filled  by  a  complicated  design  of 
interlacing  scrolls  and  straps  of  different  widths 
on  a  ground  of  gold  dots,  with  a  blank  medallion 
in  the  centre;  in  the  panels  of  the  back,  a  pierced 
escutcheon  on  a  dotted  ground;  inside  fillets;  gilt 
edges.  144^  X  9». 
This  copy  belonged  to  Ruikin  and  has  his  autograph. 

— Paccioliy  Luca.  Diuina  proportioned  Opera  a  tutti  glinge- 
gni  perspicaci  e  curiosi  necessaria.  Venetiis^  Impressum  per 
.  .  .  Paganinum  de  paganinis  de  Brixia.  i^og.  I  vol. 

Full  brown  crushed  levant  morocco;  on  the  sides, 
a  blind  fillet;  each  band  of  the  back  is  marked  off 
by  blind  fillets  which  are  prolonged  to  meet  in 
points  on  the  sides,  with  a  trefoil  at  each  point; 
chain  border  inside;  gilt  edges,  iii  x  8. 

—  Spence^  "Joseph.  A  Parallel;  in  the  manner  of  Plutarch: 
Between  a  most  celebrated  Man  of  Florence  \Signor  Maglia- 
bechr\  ;  and  One^  scarce  ever  heard  of  in  England  ^Robert 
Hill'] .  Printed  at  Strawberry-Hill^  175^'  i  vol* 
Full  crimson  crushed  levant  morocco  extra;  on 
the  sides,  a  double  fillet,  succeeded  by  a  double 
and  a  single  fillet  with  large  fleurons  at  the  ex- 
terior corners  and  very  small  ones  at  the  interior 
corners;  tooled  back;  inside  borders;  gilt  edges, 
yi  X  4I. 


87 


RIVIERE  &  SON 

Cruikihank ^George.  Pointsof Humour. London^i82j.  I  vol. 

Full  blue  crushed  levant  morocco  extra;  on  the 
sides,  a  double  fillet  succeeded  by  a  double  and  a 
single  fillet  with  fleurons  at  the  exterior  corners; 
tooled  back ;  inside  borders ;  gilt  top.  9 J  x  6i. 

ROUSSELLE,  EMILE 

Peter  Lombard.  De  incarnat'ione  verbi.  Libri  iii  et  iv.  Parrhi- 
sijsy  I  J 10.  I  vol. 

Dark  brown  crushed  levant  morocco,  Janseniste 
style;  inside  borders;  gilt  edges.  5!  x  ^i. 

RUBAN,  P. 

Shakespeare^  William.  Poems:  written  by  IVil.  Shakespeare. 
Gent.  London^  i6/fO.  I  vol. 

Crimson  crushed  levant  morocco,  double  with 
pearl  blue  crushed  levant  morocco  tooled  with 
fillets  and  a  flowering  vine  border;  on  the  covers, 
three  fillets;  tooled  back;  gilt  edges,  ^-h  x  3^. 
/;;  a  chamois-lined  slip  case^  and  a  green  morocco.,  silk-lined 
and  padded  solander  case. 

RUETTE,  ANTOINE 

Proserpine.,  Tragedie.,  en  Mvsiqve.  Representee  devant  Sa 
Majest'e  a  Saint  Germain  en  Laye  le  de  Fevrier  1680. 
Paris.,  1680.  I  vol. 

Citron  morocco;  on  the  sides,  a  semis  of  fleurs- 
de-lys  enclosed  by  a  narrow  border;  in  the  pan- 
els of  the  back,  smaller  fleurs-de-lys ;  gilt  edges. 

I  o  x  7^. 

Louis  XIV s  copy. 

88 


SANFORD,  P.  B. 

[^Alemano  Maieo.']  Histoire  de  T Admirable  Don  Guzman 
d'Jlfarache.  Paris  {vo/jy  Amsterdam),  i6p_^.  3  vols. 

Full  red  levant  morocco  extra;  on  the  sides,  a 
triple  fillet  with  fan  ornaments  in  the  corners; 
tooled  backs;  inside  border,  a  daisy  between  fillets, 
edged  with  crescents  and  dots;  gilt  tops.  6x2^- 

— Coleridge,  Samuel  Taylor.  Poems  on  Various  Subjects.  Lon- 
don, iyg6.  I  vol. 

Very  dark  brown  crushed  levant  morocco  extra, 
Janseniste  style;  simple  inside  border;  gilt  top. 
64  X  4t. 

—  Du  Bellay,  'Joachim.  Les  Oevvres  Francoises  de  Joachim 
Dv-Bellay,  Gentil-homme  Angeuin,  l^  Poete  excellent  de  ce 
temps.  Paris,  l^dg.  2  vols. 

Full  red  levant  morocco  extra;  on  the  sides,  a 
waved  line  and  a  double  fillet,  succeeded  by  two 
sets  of  triple  fillets  interlocking  at  the  centre  of 
the  four  sides;  between  this  figure  and  the  outer 
fillets  are  daisies  at  the  corners  and  at  the  centre 
of  the  sides;  backs  tooled  a  petits  fers;  inside  bor- 
ders ;  gilt  tops.  6 A  X  4A-. 

—  Du  Bellay,  Martin.  Les  Memoires  de  Mess.  Martin  Dv 
Bellay.  Paris,  1571-  i  vol. 

Full  red  crushed  levant  morocco  extra;  on  the 
sides,  a  waved  line  and  a  double  fillet,  succeeded 
by  two  sets  of  triple  fillets  interlocking  at  the  cen- 
tre of  the  four  sides,  forming  circles  each  of  which 
encloses  a  small  fleuron ;  back  tooled  a  petits  fers ; 
inside  borders ;  gilt  top.  6^  x  4!. 

89 


Sanford,  p.  B.  (continued) 

—  Guillaume  de  Lorris.  Le  rommant  de  la  Rose^  nouuelle- 
ment  reueu  et  corr'tge  oultre  Us precedentes  Impressions.  Paris., 
IS38.  I  vol. 

Full  red  crushed  levant  morocco  extra;  the  sides 
tooled  with  a  simple  pattern  of  interlacing  straps 
and  a  graceful  scroll ;  in  the  centre,  an  ellipse  of 
stars;  on  the  back,  a  scroll  makes  a  continuous 
design  through  all  the  panels,  interrupted  by  the 
title;  simple  inside  border;  gilt  edges.  6i  x  3!. 

— Marguerite  de  Navarre,  Heptameron  Francois.  Berne ^ 
iy8o-iy8i.  3  vols. 

Full  red  crushed  levant  morocco  extra;  on  the 
sides,  a  dentelle  border,  with  a  little  bird  intro- 
duced in  imitation  of  the  dentelles  of  Derome  le 
jeune,  "dites  a  I'oiseau";  tooled  backs;  inside 
borders  with  a  graceful  vine  and  leaf  design  at  the 
corners ;  gilt  edges.  74  x  42. 

—  Rabelais^  Francois.  Les  Oevvres.  Lyon.^  I 588.  I  vol. 
Full  red  levant  morocco ;  on  the  sides,  a  fillet  suc- 
ceeded by  three  fillets  forming  a  panel  with  rec- 
tangular indentation  in  each  side  and  a  daisy  in  the 
centre  of  each  indentation,  a  vine  and  leaf  design 
springing  from  each  corner  of  the  panel ;  back 
elaborately  tooled  au  pointille ;  inside  borders ;  gilt 
top.  5^1  X  3A. 

—  Swift^  'Jonathan.  Travels  into  several  Remote  Nations  of 
the  World;  in  four  parts  ^hy  Lemuel  Gulliver.  London.^  I J  26. 
2  vols. 

Full  red  crushed  levant  morocco;  on  the  sides, 
90 


Sanford,  p.  B.  (continued) 
between  triple  fillets,  a  succession  of  daisy-like 
flowers,  fleurons  at  the  interior  corners;  in  the 
centre,  a  sunburst  with  added  ornaments  at  top 
and  bottom  and  an  added  fleuron  at  the  sides; 
tooled  backs;  inside  borders;  gilt  edges,  yf  x  ^i. 

SEARS,  MARY  CREASE 

Contemporary  Autographs. 

Full  brown  crushed  levant  morocco ;  square  silver 
corners,  suggesting  quatrefoils  with  a  boss  in  the 
centre ;  similar,  but  larger  silver  plaques  set  diago- 
nally in  the  middle  of  the  sides,  the  one  on  the 
front  cover  set  with  a  cabochon  emerald,  the  one 
on  the  back  with  a  boss  like  the  corners;  blind 
tooling  on  the  sides  and  panels  of  the  back;  silver 
clasps.  9x6. 
Made  in  igog, 

SHAW,  Mrs.  GEORGE 

Du  Maurier^  George.  Trilby.  First  edition^  Harper's 
Monthly  Magazine^  i8g^.  I  vol. 

Full  brown  morocco,  with  a  large  medallion  and 
the  words  "Trilby,  Du  Maurier,"  in  relief  on  the 
front  cover.  loi  x  7. 

SIMIER 

Livius^  Titus.  Historiarum  quod  extat.  Amstelodami^  Apud 
Danielem  Elzevirium,  A'.  l6j8.  I  vol. 

Full  blue  straight-grained  morocco;  on  the  sides, 
a  narrow  blind-tooled  border  between  gold  fillets 
with  a  simple  edging  on  the  inner  side;  blind  and 

91 


SiMIER  (continued) 

gold  tooling  on  the  back;  inside  border  of  quatre- 
foils  and  dots;  gilt  edges.  6i  x  ji. 

STORR,  R. 

Virgilius  Maro^  Publius.  Firgilius.  Venetiis  in  Aedibvs  Aldi 
et  Andreae  Soceri^  ^5^4'  ^  ^**1' 

Full  citron  straight-grained  morocco  with  dou- 
blure of  green  moire;  on  the  sides,  a  triple  fillet 
succeeded  by  a  border  consisting  of  two  alternat- 
ing elements;  in  the  centre,  dolphin  and  anchor 
entwined  with  a  rope  stamped  in  gold;  tooled 
back;  inside  border;  gilt  edges.  With  the  ticket, 
"Bound  by  R.  Storr,  Grantham."  6i  x  3!. 
From  the  Syston  Park  Collection. 

STORR,  R.  (?) 

Marchesino^  Francesco.  Copia  de  Una  Lettera  di  Napoli  che 
contiene  li  stupendi^  &  g^^^  P^odigij  apparsi  sopra  a  Poxxolo. 
Napoli^  1538.  With  Pallavicino^  Cosimo  {compiler).  Fersiy 
et  regole  de  la  nvova  poesia  toscana.  Roma.,  i^J^-  i  vol. 

Full  citron  morocco;  on  the  sides,  a  triple  fillet, 
and  in  the  centre,  dolphin  and  anchor  entwined 
with  a  rope  stamped  in  gold ;  triple  fillet  around 
panels  of  the  back;  narrow  inside  borders;  gilt 
edges.  8i  x  5*. 
From  the  Syston  Park  Collection. 

— Musaus  iff  Orpheus.  Musai  opusculum  de  Her  one  t^ 
Leandro.  Orphei  argonautica.  Eiusdem  hymni.  Orpheus  de 
lapidibus.  Venetiis  in  aedibvs  Aldi  et  Andreae  Soceri^  ^S^7' 
I  vol. 

Full  crimson  morocco ;  on  the  sides,  a  fillet,  and 

92 


Storr,  R.  (?)  (continued) 
in  the  centre,  dolphin  and  anchor  entwined  with 
a  rope  stamped  in  gold;  gilt  edges.  6i  x  3I. 
From  the  Syston  Park  Collection. 

SWEDISH:  Bound  for  Gustavus  III 
Du  Peril  de  la  Balance  Politique  de  t Europe.  Stockholm^ 

lygo.  I  vol. 

Crimson  morocco;  on  the  sides,  a  meander  be- 
tween fillets  edged  with  a  wavy  line,  in  each  corner 
three  crowns,  in  the  centre,  the  crowned  chifFre  of 
Gustavus  III;  the  back,  which  is  without  bands, 
has  alternating  diagonal  fillets  and  waves,  inter- 
rupted by  horizontal  fillets;  gilt  edges.  5I  x  3^. 

THIBARON 

^Bussy-Rabutin,  Roger,  comte  de.'\  Histoire  Amoureuse  des 
Gaules.  Liege,  [«.//.] .  i  vol. 

Full  crimson  crushed  levant  morocco  extra;  on 
the  sides,  three  fillets ;  tooled  back;  inside  dentelie 
borders ;  gilt  edges.  51^  x  i\i. 

—  V  Escole  d^  Amovr,  ov  les  Heros  Doctevrs.  Par  M.  D.  L.  C. 
Grenoble,  166^.  I  vol. 

Full  blue  crushed  levant  morocco;  on  the  sides, 
an  exquisite  laurel  wreath  tipped  with  flowers ;  the 
same  flower  in  each  panel  of  the  back;  inside  bor- 
ders; gilt  edges.  5?  x  34. 

THIBARON-ECHAUBARD 

Joinville,  yean  de.  L' histoire  £ff  Croniqve  dv  treschrestien 
Roy  S.  Lays,  IX.  du  nom,  ^  XLIIIL  Roy  de  France.  Poi- 
tiers, [/jd/].  I  vol. 

93 


Thibaron-Echaubard  (continued) 
Bound  in  the  Du  Seuil  style.  Full  light  brown 
crushed  levant  morocco;  on  the  sides,  a  blind 
with  a  gold  fillet,  succeeded  by  two  gold  fillets 
connected  at  the  corners  between  double  blind 
fillets  forming  a  panel  with  fleurs-de-lys  at  the 
exterior  corners  and  the  arms  of  France  in  the 
centre ;  on  the  back,  a  semis  of  fleurs-de-lys ;  in- 
side borders;  gilt  edges,  yi  x  5». 
From  the  Library  of  E.  M,  Bancel^  with  his  ex-iibris. 

THOMPSON 

Rosario  della  gPiosa  vgine  Maria.  Venetia^  Marchio  Sessa 
^  Piero  de  la  Serena  compagni^  ^5^4'  ^  vol* 

Full  crimson  crushed  levant  morocco  extra ;  Jan- 
seniste  style ;  inside  borders ;  gilt  edges.  6i  x  4^ 

TIFFANY 

Dante  Alighieri.  La  Divina  Commedia.  Firenze.^  ^^79'  ^  ^o^* 
l^wo  editions  of  different  sizes  interleaved.^  each  leaf  of  the 
smaller  edition  inlaid. 

Full  green  crushed  levant  morocco  with  doublure 
of  the  same;  four  silver  corners  of  Gothic  design 
with  five  detached  silver  rosettes  completing  the 
outline  of  a  square  in  each  corner,  and  the  words 
"hie  incipit  vita  nova"  distributed  in  the  four  cor- 
ners ;  inside  tooled  in  gold,  overlaid  with  a  silver 
scroll  with  numerous  rosettes;  silver  clasps;  gilt 
edges.  7!  X  4*. 

TOUT 

Burns ^  Robert.  Poems.,  chief y  in  the  Scottish  Dialect.  Edin- 
burgh., lySy.  I  vol. 

94 


Tout  (continued) 
Full  brown  crushed  levant  morocco  extra ;  on  the 
sides,  a  double  and  a  single  fillet  succeeded  by  the 
same  with  elaborate  fleurons  at  the  exterior  cor- 
ners connected  by  a  pointille  fillet;  tooled  back; 
inside  borders;  gilt  edges.  81  x  5!. 

TRAUTZ-BAUZONNET 

Bude^  Ma'istre  Guillaume.  Summaire  ou  Epitome  du  I'lure 
de  Asse  fait  par  le  commandement  du  Roy.  Paris ^  15^9' 
I  vol. 

Full  brown  crushedlevantmorocco,  with  the  chifFre 
of  Comte  Edouard  Roger  in  the  corners  of  the 
sides  and  on  the  back  ;  inside  borders ;  gilt  edges. 

—  [i)«  Guet.^  yacques  'Joseph.']^  Lettre  c^une  Religieuse  Car- 
melite a  une Personne engag'ee  dansT Heresie^  touchantla  Com- 
munion sous  les  deux  especes.  Paris,  ^749-  ^  vol* 

Full  brown  crushed  levant  morocco,  with  the 
chifFre  of  Comte  Edouard  Roger  in  the  corners 
of  the  sides  and  on  the  back;  inside  borders;  gilt 
edges.  5i8  X  31V. 

— Meschinot,  Jehan.  Les  lunettes  des  princes  auec  aulcues 
halades  et  additions  nouuellement  coposees.  Imprimees  aparis 
par  philippe  pigochet  Lan  mil.  CCCC.  quatre  vingts  et  dix- 
neuf.  Pour  Symon  vostre.  I  vol. 

Full  purple  levant  morocco;  triple  fillet  on  the 
sides;  back  tooled  a  petits  fers;  inside  borders; 
gilt  edges.  6ii  x  4. 
Cardinal  Temeniz's  copy,  with  his  book-plate. 


95 


Trautz-Bauzonnet  (continued) 

—  Les  Plaisantes  lovmees  dv  S''  Favoral.  Oh  sont  plusieurs 
rencontres  subtile s pour  rire entoutes compagnies.  Paris,  ^^37- 
I  vol. 

Full  green  levant  morocco;  triple  fillet  on  the 
sides;  tooled  back;  inside  borders;  gilt  edges. 

—  Sevigne,  Marie  Rabutin-Chantal,  Marquise  de.  Lettres  a 
Madame  la  Comtessede  Grignan,  safille,  1^26.  2  vols,  in  I . 

Full  green  crushed  levant  morocco,  with  the  chifFre 
of  Comte  Edouard  Roger  in  the  corners  of  the 
sides  and  on  the  back;  inside  borders;  gilt  edges. 
6i  X  3b. 

—  Villon,  Francois.  Les  Oevres  Maistre  Francoys  Villon. 
Paris,  1533.  I  vol. 

Full  citron  levant  morocco;  on  the  sides,  a  double 
fillet  succeeded  by  a  narrow  dentelle  border  with 
fleurons  at  the  corners;  tooled  back;  inside  bor- 
ders; gilt  edges,  a^  x  2i. 

VENETIAN 

Dante  Alighieri.  Lo^nferno  eU  Pvrgatorio  e'l  Paradiso  di 
Dante  Alaghieri.  Venetiis  in  Aedih.  Aldi.  1^02.  I  vol. 

Original  binding  of  crimson  morocco;  in  the  cor- 
ners, a  diaper  of  overlapping  scallops  with  a  leaf 
in  each  scallop  and  between  the  scallops  on  the 
edge,  each  of  which  is  tipped  by  a  larger  pointed 
leaf;  tooled  back ;  narrow  inside  border;  gilt  edges. 
6-h  X  3il. 
From  the  collection  of  Edward  Cheney. 

96 


Venetian  (continued) 
— Dante  Alighieri.  Fenezia^  ^7^4'  3  ^^^^  in  I. 

Crimson  morocco,  with  clasps;  eight  metal  corners 
with  scalloped  edge,  a  large  boss  in  the  corner  and 
nine  small  bosses,  one  in  each  of  the  six  scallops, 
and  three  between  these  and  the  large  boss;  on 
the  sides,  a  narrow  chain  between  fillets,  with  a 
sparse  edging  of  leaves ;  in  the  centre,  an  ogival 
elliptical  sunken  panel,  with  a  smaller  one  at  top 
and  bottom,  the  whole  figure  suggesting  an  Arabic 
design ;  the  central  panel  is  stained  dark  with  little 
bosses  at  the  points  around  the  edge;  simple  ge- 
ometrical design  on  the  back;  gilt  gaufFred  top. 
6i  X  4^. 

— Dante  Alighieri.  La  Vita  Nuova^  i  trattati  De  Vulgar i 
Eloquio^  De  Monorchia^  e  la  questione  De  Aqua  e  Terra^ 
con  traduzione  italiana  delle  opere  scritte  latinamente.  Ter%a 
edizione.  Firenze,  ^^73'  ^  ^^l' 

Old  Venetian  binding.  Full  crimson  morocco  elab- 
orately tooled  in  gold;  on  the  sides,  a  narrow 
border  succeeded  by  a  pair  of  double  fillets  suc- 
ceeded by  a  handsome  scroll  band  with  circular 
medallions  at  the  corners  succeeded  by  a  chain  of 
long  and  short  beads  forming  a  panel  with  cut- 
off corners,  a  fleuron  at  each  interior  corner,  and 
a  coat  of  arms  in  the  centre ;  tooled  back ;  gilt  top. 
8i  X  5I. 

— Officivm  B.  Maria  Virg.  Venetiis.  166 J.  1  vol. 

Openwork  silver  binding  with  silver  clasps;  in  a 
medallion  on  either  side  an  allegorical  figure  hold- 
ing a  cornucopia.  2  x  li. 

97 


Venetian  (continued) 

— Peter  Chrysologus^  Saint.  Sermones.  t.-p.w.  I  vol. 

Original  binding  of  crimson  morocco;  on  the  sides, 
within  fillets,  a  design  showing  Persian  influence; 
the  corners  and  central  medallion  contain  a  raised 
design  of  arabesques  on  a  punched  gold  ground; 
two  dolphins  make  the  diagonal  edge  of  each  cor- 
ner; the  rest  of  the  space  is  filled  with  a  semis  of 
stars;  in  each  panel  of  the  back  is  an  arabesque 
figure;  gilt  edges.  6 J  x  5!. 

—  Commissione  Ducale.  Commission  appointing  Antonio  Geor- 
gio  Podesta  of  Oderxo^  ^53^'  MS. 

Old  brown  morocco;  on  the  sides,  a  panel  framed 
in  a  wide  band  made  up  of  a  repeating  figure 
stamped  in  gold  between  gold  fillets,  with  leaves 
at  the  interior  corners,  and  rosettes  at  the  exterior 
corners;  in  the  centre,  a  circle  surrounded  by  a 
simple,  effective  design  of  knots,  trefoils,and  rings ; 
within  the  circle  on  the  front  cover,  "antonii 
GEORGio";  on  the  reverse  cover,  "m.d.xxxvi"; 
gilt  edges.  9I  x  6i. 

—  Commissione  Ducale.  Commission  appointing  Fincenzo  Gritti 
Governor  of  Udine^  154^'  MS. 

Old  brown  morocco;  on  the  sides,  a  gold  fillet 
with  four  blind  fillets  on  either  side,  succeeded  by 
a  panel  framed  in  a  band  made  up  of  a  flower  al- 
ternating with  a  scroll  in  gold  between  gold  fillets, 
with  four  blind  tooled  fillets  on  either  side  of  the 
band,  and  pomegranates  and  leaves  at  the  exterior 
corners;  in  the  centre,  a  circle  with  branching 
scrolls  spreading  from  the  four  sides ;  within  the 
98 


Venetian  (continued) 
circle  on  the  front  cover,  the  Lion  of  St.  Mark; 
on  the  reverse  cover,  a  seated  figure  of  Venice 
with  the  attributes  of  Justice ;  at  left  and  right  of 
the  central  ornament, on  the  front  cover,  the  ini- 
tials "V.  G.";  gilt  edges.  9^  x  6i. 

—  Commissions  Ducale.  Commission  appointing  Girolamo  Mo- 
rosini  Captain  of  Brescia^  ^54-7'  ^S. 

Evidently  bound  by  the  binder  of  the  Commis- 
sion of  Antonio  Georgio,  as  the  tools  and  general 
design  are  the  same;  leaves  at  the  exterior  corners 
and  fleurons  at  the  interior  corners  of  the  gold 
stamped  panel ;  in  the  centre  of  the  sides,  a  double 
circle  surrounded  by  the  design  of  knots,  trefoils, 
and  dots ;  within  the  circle  on  the  front  cover, 
"hieronymi  MAVROCENo";  on  the  rcversc  cover, 
"m.d.xlvii.";  gilt  edges.  Original  sides  on  a  mod- 
ern binding.  9  A  x  6i. 

—  Commissions  Ducale.  Commission  appointing  Antonio  Bra- 
gadini{?)  Podesta  of  Noale^  1578.  MS. 

Old  brown  morocco;  on  the  sides,  a  fillet  suc- 
ceeded by  a  band  made  up  of  a  repeating  design 
between  double  fillets,  with  arabesques  in  the 
corners;  in  the  centre,  a  slightly  depressed  oval 
surrounded  by  a  fillet  edged  with  leaves;  within 
the  oval  on  the  front  cover,  a  cut  and  gilded  Lion 
of  St.  Mark;  on  the  reverse  cover,  the  Bragadini 
arms  cut  and  emblazoned ;  back  tooled  in  a  simple 
diaper;  gilt  edges.  9^  x  6i. 


99 


Venetian  (continued) 

—  Commissione  Ducale.  Commission  appointing  Giovanni  Bo- 
lani  Podesta  of  Chioggta^  iyi8.  MS. 

Original  binding,  embossed  silver  sides,  crimson 
and  gold  brocade  back,  with  the  Doge's  seal  in 
a  silver  case  attached  by  a  crimson  and  yellow 
cord  and  tassel;  on  the  front  cover,  Venice  en- 
throned beneath  a  canopy,  at  her  feet  the  Bolani 
arms,  at  the  right,  the  Lion  of  St.  Mark  with  the 
open  book,  foliated  scrolls  in  the  upper  corners ; 
on  the  reverse  cover,  the  Lion  rampant  guardant 
standing  on  a  military  trophy  and  holding  palm 
.branches,  in  the  corners  foliated  scrolls;  modern 
silver  clasps.  8i  x  6i. 

—  Privilegium  Aromatariorum,  Diploma  of  Dona  to  Dardi^ 
I74S'  MS, 

Brown  morocco;  on  the  sides,  a  blind  tooled  band 
of  alternating  fleurs-de-lys  and  acanthus  between 
double  fillets,  succeeded  by  a  gold  and  a  blind 
fillet  with  gold  fleurons  at  the  exterior  corners ; 
inside  this  panel,  a  blind  tooled  lozenge  formed 
of  the  fleur-de-lys  and  acanthus  band  between 
double  fillets,  with  the  gold  fleuron  repeated  four 
times  at  the  centre;  silk  ties;  seal  in  a  leather- 
covered  tin  box,  attached  by  a  silk  cord.  9!  x  7. 

— Degree  of  Doctor  of  Laws  conferred  on  Carlo  Vicentini  by 
the  University  of  Padua ^  i6go.  MS. 

Old  crimson  morocco  elaborately  tooled;  on  the 
sides,  a  wide  border  with  large  fleurons  in  the  cor- 
ners, succeeded  by  a  band  of  scrolls,  angel-hermae, 
rosettes,  and  quatrefoils  between  double  fillets, 
100 


Venetian  (continued) 
succeeded  by  a  narrow  border;  in  the  centre  of  the 
main  panel,  a  sunburst  extended  by  scrolls  at  top 
and  bottom;  a  section  of  this  sunburst  in  each  cor- 
ner ;  seal  of  Cardinal  Barbarigo  in  a  leather-covered 
metal  case  attached  by  a  silk  cord  (the  cover  of  the 
case  missing).  98  x  ji. 

—  Old  crimson  morocco  elaborately  tooled;  on  the 
sides,  a  dentelle  edge,  succeeded  by  a  wide  band 
between  fillets  which  cross  forming  squares  at  the 
corners;  in  each  square,  a  large  fleuron;  adjoining 
the  squares,  semi-circular  fans ;  between  these  fans, 
on  all  four  sides,  an  arabesque  figure;  the  central 
panel  has  a  dentelle  edge  and  a  sunburst  in  the 
centre  extended  by  arabesques  at  top  and  bottom ; 
the  corners  are  filled  with  quarters  of  the  sunburst. 
9I  X  7*. 

—  Old  crimson  morocco;  on  the  sides,  a  beading 
between  double  fillets  edged  by  a  narrow  dentelle, 
succeeded  by  the  same ;  the  central  panel  marked 
oflF  by  double  lines  into  small  ogival  lozenges 
which  contain  alternately  a  bee  and  a  half-figure 
of  an  angel.  9!  x  7. 

—  Old  brown  morocco;  on  the  sides,  a  pointille 
band  between  fillets  with  a  narrow  simple  border 
on  the  inner  edge;  in  the  middle,  a  sunburst  with 
the  Lion  of  St.  Mark  at  the  centre  and  scrolls  at 
top  and  bottom ;  sections  of  this  sunburst  in  the 
corners.  8i  x  6i. 


lOI 


Venetian  (continued) 

—  Old  brown  morocco;  on  the  sides,  a  border, 
double  fillet,  band,  triple  fillet,  and  narrow  border ; 
in  the  centre,  a  sunburst  with  a  fleuron  at  top  and 
bottom;  sections  of  the  sunburst  in  the  corners; 
the  little  remaining  space  sprinkled  with  small 
quatrefoils.  9^  x  yi. 

—  Old  crimson  morocco;  on  the  sides,  a  pair  of 
fillets,  between  which  a  little  border  extends  part 
way  along  each  side,  with  a  six-pointed  star  at  the 
middle  of  the  long  sides ;  succeeded  by  an  orna- 
mental band  with  a  fleuron  at  each  corner  flanked 
by  eight-pointed  stars,  "mounts"  at  the  middle 
of  the  long  sides,  and  the  rest  of  the  band  scrolls; 
this  band  succeeded  by  a  pair  of  fillets  with  stars 
at  the  corners  and  the  middle  of  the  long  sides  and 
"mounts"  at  the  interior  corners;  in  the  centre, 
the  arms  of  a  bishop  of  the  Peretti  family,  to  which 
Sixtus  V  belonged.  94  x  6i. 

—  Old  crimson  morocco;  on  the  sides,  a  heavy 
pointille  fillet  between  heavy  fillets,  succeeded  by 
a  bold  arabesque  border;  in  the  centre,  blurred 
coat  of  arms  of  a  cardinal ;  simple  tooling  on  the 
back.  74  X  4i. 

—  Old  brown  morocco ;  the  decoration  recalls  Per- 
sian bookbindings  and  consists  of  sunk  panels 
and  medallions  containing  raised  arabesques  on  a 
gold  ground;  in  the  central  medallion  of  the  front 
cover,  the  Lion  of  St.  Mark ;  of  the  reverse  cover. 


102 


Venetian  (continued) 
a  coat  of  arms,  so  rubbed  that  it  cannot  be  iden- 
tified; brass  clasps.  8i  x  6. 

—  Embossed  silver  binding,  with  silver  clasps;  on 
the  sides  large  foliated  scrolls  surrounding  shields; 
on  the  shield  on  the  front  cover,  a  tree  with  three 
birds;  on  the  reverse  cover, a  double  eagle.  4i  x  2i. 

ZAEHNSDORF 

Aucass'tn  ^  Nicolete.  Done  into  English  by  Andrew  Lang. 
London^  l88y.  I  vol. 

Full  citron  crushed  levant  morocco,  doublure  of 
rose-coloured  silk;  the  sides  and  back  entirely  cov- 
ered by  a  repeating  design  of  roses  and  rose-leaves 
on  a  graceful  vine,  the  ground  strewn  with  tiny 
stars;  inside  border  of  vine  and  leaves;  gilt  top. 
61x4. 
In  a  purple  morocco  slip  case. 

— Brownings  Robert.  The  Inn  Album.  London,  iSy^.  I  vol. 

Full  robin's-egg  blue  crushed  levant  morocco  with 
a  daisy  inlaid  in  red  in  each  corner,  the  stem  and 
leaves  tooled  in  gold;  a  fleuron  in  each  panel  of 
the  back  with  a  tulip  inlaid  in  red ;  inside  bor- 
ders ;  gilt  top.  6i  X  4!^. 

—  Calderon  de  la  Barca,  Pedro.  Six  dramas  of  Calderon,  freely 
translated  by  Edward  Fitzgerald.  London,  1^53'  ^  vol. 

Full  red  crushed  levant  morocco;  on  the  sides, 
a  single  and  a  double  fillet;  tooled  back;  inside 
borders ;  gilt  top.  65  x  4^. 
Fitzgerald's  own  copy,  with  MS.  corrections. 

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